The House on the Hill

Susan Duncan

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Bantam
16 October 2017

Memoirs; Intergenerational relationships; Biography - Australian

The third and final memoir from the author of bestsellers Salvation Creek and The House at Salvation Creek.

In this memoir, Susan Duncan reaches an age where there's no point in sweating long-term ramifications. There aren't any. This new understanding delivers an unexpected bonus - the emotional freedom and moral clarity to admit to hidden and often fiendish facts of ageing and, ultimately, to find ways to embrace them.

It also unleashes an overwhelming desire to confront her intractable 94-year-old mother with the dreadful secrets of the past before it is too late, no matter the consequences. It is the not-knowing, she says, that does untold damage.

Interwoven with stories from the land - building a fully sustainable eco-house in the mid-coast of NSW with her engineer husband Bob, and grappling with white-eyed roans, dogs, bawling cattle markets, droughts and flooding rains, not to mention blunt-speaking locals - this is a book about a mother and daughter coming to terms, however uneasy, with the awful forces that shaped their relationship.

As the inconstancies of age slow her down, Susan Duncan writes with honesty about discovery and forgiveness and what it takes to rework shrinking boundaries into a new and rich life.

By: Susan Duncan
Imprint: Bantam
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 260g
ISBN: 9780143780496
ISBN 10: 0143780492
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 16 October 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Susan Duncan enjoyed a 25-year career spanning radio, newspaper and magazine journalism, including editing two of Australia's top selling women's magazines, The Australian Women's Weekly and New Idea. Susan has published two bestselling memoirs, Salvation Creek and its sequel, The House at Salvation Creek, and two novels, The Briny CafU and Gone Fishing.

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The House on the Hill

Susan Duncan

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