The Last Summer of Ada Bloom

Name: The Last Summer of Ada Bloom
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ISBN: 9781925498714

Martine Murray

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Text Publishing Company
03 September 2018

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Australian Fiction

A beautiful and affecting story about the fragility of family relationships and about the pervading effects of secrets we keep

In a small country town during one long, hot summer, the Bloom family begins to unravel. Marital secrets, new and long-hidden, surface - with devastating effect.

Martha is straining against the confines of her life, lost in regret for what might have been, when an old flame shows up. In turn, her husband, Mike, becomes frustrated with his increasingly distant wife. While teenagers Tilly and Ben are about to step out into the world, nine-year-old Ada is holding onto a childhood that will soon be lost to her. When Ada discovers an abandoned well beneath a rusting windmill, she is drawn to its darkness and danger. And when she witnesses a shocking and confusing event, the well's foreboding looms large in her mind - a driving force as events lead inexorably towards tragedy.

The Last Summer of Ada Bloom is a beguiling story about the fragility of family relationships, about the secrets we keep and the power they hold to shape our lives. And about the love that somehow holds it all together.

By: Martine Murray
Imprint: Text Publishing Company
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 233mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 378g
ISBN: 9781925498714
ISBN 10: 1925498719
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 03 September 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Martine Murray was born in Melbourne and now lives in Castlemaine in Victoria. She is an award-winning children's novelist and illustrator. The Last Summer of Ada Bloom is her first novel for adults.

Reviews for The Last Summer of Ada Bloom

`Murray's descriptive prose is lovely, often exquisite...A wonderfully heart-warming read.' * BookMooch * `Murray moves easily between the everyday and the sublime, her language nuanced, slow, pleasurable.' * Adelaide Advertiser * `Murray's storytelling is so fresh and beguiling that, for a moment, we feel this is great wisdom heard for the first time.' * The Times * `Martine Murray's writing is majestical and sophisticated.' * Books+Publishing *