- Fiction, Eucalyptus, Storytelling, Fathers and daughters
On a property in western New South Wales a man named Holland lives with his daughter, Ellen. Over the years, as she grows into a beautiful young woman, he plants hundreds of different eucalyptus trees on his land, filling in the landscape, making a virtual outdoor museum of trees.
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Contemporary, contemplative, warm and intimate.
- contemporarynostalgic
- contemplativerelentless
- warmbleak
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- Murray Bail
- First published
- 1998
- Pages
- 255
- Publisher
- Harvill Press, Knopf Canada, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English, nor
- ISBN
- 9780676971774
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