Book description
When the Templeton family from England takes up residence in a stately
home in country Australia, they set the locals talking - and with good
reason. From the outside, the seven Templetons seem so unusual . . .
peculiar even.
No one is more intrigued by the family than their neighbours, single
mother Nina Donovan and her young son Tom. Before long, the two
families’ lives become entwined in unexpected ways, to the delight of
Gracie, the youngest of the Templeton daughters.
In the years that follow, the relationships between the Templetons and
the two Donovans twist and turn in unpredictable and life-changing
directions, until a tragedy tears them all apart. What will it take to
bring them together again?
From Australia’s top-selling female novelist comes her best book yet -
a wonderfully entertaining and touching story about the perils and
pleasures of love, friendship and family.
‘A modern-day Jane Austen’ Sun Herald
Monica McInerney grew up in a family of seven children in the Clare
Valley wine region of South Australia. She has worked in children’s
television, arts marketing, the music industry, public relations and
book publishing, and lived all around Australia, and in Ireland and
England. She is the author of seven previous novels, including, most
recently, The Alphabet Sisters
, Family Baggage
and Those Faraday Girls
, which were international bestsellers and have been published in
translation in Europe. At Home With The Templetons
was shortlisted at the 2010 Irish Book Awards in the Eason Popular Book
of the Year category. She currently lives in Dublin with her Irish
husband.
