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ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Joan has been a good wife, mother, friend but after decades of being something to everyone else, she spontaneously decides to leave her model Sydney life and head to the hotel she remembers from her youthful family holidays, The Duchess Hotel is on the Mornington Peninsula. Joan takes a room there with the purpose of reconnecting to the person she always meant to be – a painter.
As she becomes engrossed in her burgeoning creativity, she attracts the notice of other women, who persuade her to tutor them: Frances, who is 75 and well-known as a regular patron of the hotel's lobby and bar; her harassed daughter Alison, who is juggling all the things that go into being a competent and capable woman yet nonetheless is aware she is not her mother's favourite; and Kirrily, who works as a maid and yearns for more from life...
As these women are drawn together, they discover not only the satisfaction of art, but also what they are capable of – good and bad. Another satisfying novel from Sophie Green, full of warmth and observations, and very real-seeming characters. Lindy
A warm-hearted novel about friendship, fresh starts and finding yourself from Top Ten bestselling author Sophie GreenMornington Peninsula, 1999. All Joan ever wanted was to be a painter, but after thirty-five years of marriage, she finds she is simply a wife, mother and good citizen. On a whim, she escapes to the grand Duchess Hotel to find herself.
At the Duchess, Frances drops by most days to escape her daughter, Alison, who seems intent on putting her in a home, while hotel maid Kirrily is struggling to balance work, family and her dreams.
When Joan decides to pick up a brush and start painting again, she inspires Frances and Kirrily - and, eventually, Alison - to join her. Over canvas, conversation and creativity the women learn to hold onto their dreams and live life on their own terms.
'A great book club pick [for] fans of Elizabeth Strout's Lucy by the Sea, Meg Bignell's The Angry Women's Choir and Joanna Nell's Mrs Winterbottom Takes a Gap Year' BOOKS+PUBLISHING
'Deftly crafted by an author who knows how to conjure her characters, where to put them and which stories they will tell to evince a swathe of emotions in each of us' LIVING ARTS CANBERRA
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Sophie Green Imprint: Hachette Australia Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 228mm,
Width: 154mm,
Spine: 34mm
Weight: 480g ISBN:9780733650567 ISBN 10: 0733650562 Pages: 400 Publication Date:01 August 2024 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Sophie Green is an author and publisher who lives in Sydney. In her spare time she writes about country music on her website, Sunburnt Country Music. Sophie's debut novel, THE INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE FAIRVALE LADIES BOOK CLUB, was a Top Ten bestseller and was shortlisted for the Australian Book Industry Awards for General Fiction Book of the Year 2018, and longlisted for both the Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year 2018 and the Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction 2018. Sophie Green is internationally published and THE SHELLY BAY LADIES SWIMMING CIRCLE, THURSDAYS AT ORANGE BLOSSOM HOUSE, THE BELLBIRD RIVER COUNTRY CHOIR and WEEKENDS WITH THE SUNSHINE GARDENING SOCIETY were also Top Ten bestsellers.
Reviews for Art Hour at the Duchess Hotel
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Joan has been a good wife, mother, friend but after decades of being something to everyone else, she spontaneously decides to leave her model Sydney life and head to the hotel she remembers from her youthful family holidays, The Duchess Hotel is on the Mornington Peninsula. Joan takes a room there with the purpose of reconnecting to the person she always meant to be – a painter.
As she becomes engrossed in her burgeoning creativity, she attracts the notice of other women, who persuade her to tutor them: Frances, who is 75 and well-known as a regular patron of the hotel's lobby and bar; her harassed daughter Alison, who is juggling all the things that go into being a competent and capable woman yet nonetheless is aware she is not her mother's favourite; and Kirrily, who works as a maid and yearns for more from life...
As these women are drawn together, they discover not only the satisfaction of art, but also what they are capable of – good and bad. Another satisfying novel from Sophie Green, full of warmth and observations, and very real-seeming characters. Lindy
