The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club
On sale
1st March 2018
Price: £12.99
You are warmly invited to . . .
The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club
Sunday 25th June 1978, 10 o’clock
RSVP to Sybil Baxter – ask the operator for ‘Fairvale’
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
‘Brimming with atmosphere and warmth’ Jenny Ashcroft, author of Island in the East
‘An absolute gem of a novel’ Better Reading Australia
In 1978, in Australia’s vast and remote Northern Territory, a group of five very different women are searching for a way to connect.
At Fairvale Station, Sybil is missing her absent son, while Kate, Sybil’s daughter-in-law is finding it hard to adjust to her new life. In a dusty town, Sallyanne dreams of a life far removed from her troubled marriage. Della, a Texan who came to the country looking for adventure, has encountered challenges she didn’t expect. And Rita, far away in Alice Springs, is working hard for the Flying Doctors.
Meeting as the Fairvale Ladies Book Club, these women come together to bond over their favourite stories – and to share a few of their own. In doing so they will form friendships able to overcome incredible distances, weather all seasons and last a lifetime.
‘A sweet tale, and wonderfully atmospheric’ Sunday Mirror
‘A warm hearted, generous book . . . it was a pleasure and sometimes a comfort to come back to the characters each night’ Virginia McGregor, author of Before I Was Yours
‘Heartwarming and fulfilling’ Australian Women’s Weekly
The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club
Sunday 25th June 1978, 10 o’clock
RSVP to Sybil Baxter – ask the operator for ‘Fairvale’
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
‘Brimming with atmosphere and warmth’ Jenny Ashcroft, author of Island in the East
‘An absolute gem of a novel’ Better Reading Australia
In 1978, in Australia’s vast and remote Northern Territory, a group of five very different women are searching for a way to connect.
At Fairvale Station, Sybil is missing her absent son, while Kate, Sybil’s daughter-in-law is finding it hard to adjust to her new life. In a dusty town, Sallyanne dreams of a life far removed from her troubled marriage. Della, a Texan who came to the country looking for adventure, has encountered challenges she didn’t expect. And Rita, far away in Alice Springs, is working hard for the Flying Doctors.
Meeting as the Fairvale Ladies Book Club, these women come together to bond over their favourite stories – and to share a few of their own. In doing so they will form friendships able to overcome incredible distances, weather all seasons and last a lifetime.
‘A sweet tale, and wonderfully atmospheric’ Sunday Mirror
‘A warm hearted, generous book . . . it was a pleasure and sometimes a comfort to come back to the characters each night’ Virginia McGregor, author of Before I Was Yours
‘Heartwarming and fulfilling’ Australian Women’s Weekly
Newsletter Signup
By clicking ‘Sign Up,’ I acknowledge that I have read and agree to Hachette Book Group’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Use
Reviews
Brimming with atmosphere and warmth, this gorgeous book completely carried me away. I absolutely loved it
An absolute gem of a novel, with the most evocative sense of place . . . A definite treat for any book club
Heartwarming and fulfilling
A sweet tale, and wonderfully atmospheric
From the opening words I was transported to this beautiful, exotic landscape and the people who inhabit this place of blood-red soil and sapphire skies . . . I was right there with them until the very last page
Heart-warming . . . the perfect novel to curl up with on a cosy night in