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The Longing

Candice Bruce

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English
Vintage
01 February 2012
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Cornelia is working as an assistant curator on an exhibition for a painter, S P Hart, who breezed into Victoria in the 1850s leaving behind exquisite sketchbooks and a number of paintings which record the properties of landowners. When her supervisor is involved in an accident, she undertakes to interview owners of some of the paintings in the hope of finding out more about the artworks and perhaps acquiring them for the gallery. This story is intertwined with that of Ellis McRorie, the wife of the original land holder. Ellis is isolated in a loveless marriage, has suffered difficult pregnancies and the death of babies, and her only companion is an indigenous woman who has lost more than the well-meaning Ellis can conceive of. When the charming Sanford Hart is commissioned to paint Strathcarron, she feels love and hope for the first time; and Louisa is given the means to preserve her own memories. An interesting and thoughtful novel. Lindy

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Imprint:   Vintage
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 233mm,  Width: 155mm,  Spine: 27mm
Weight:   472g
ISBN:   9781864712704
ISBN 10:   1864712708
Pages:   368
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Candice Bruce has been an art historian, writer and curator for many years. She has worked as a curator at the National Gallery of Australia, Australian National Maritime Museum and Queensland Art Gallery (where she was Curator of Australian Art). She has taught Australian nineteenth century art history at the University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales. She has published two art history books on the German-Australian Romantic landscape painter Eugene von Guerard, as well as several other art books and many articles in both academic journals and general magazines on Australian art.

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