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Field of poppies: Carmel Bird.

Field of poppies: Carmel Bird.
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General Fiction   Wingham . On Loan . 27 Apr 2024
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ISBN 9781925760392
Shelf Location F/BIR
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Author Bird, Carmel, 1940-
Title Field of poppies / Carmel Bird.
Publication Details Melbourne, Victoria:
©2019 Transit Lounge,
Collation 241 pages : 24 cm ;
General Note "Gold, dead bodies, the seed of global catastrophe - what lies beneath the poppy field?" -- Cover.
Abstract/Summary Keen to escape the pressures of city life, Marsali Swift and her husband William are drawn to Listowel, a glorious historic mansion in the seemingly tranquil small town of Muckleton. There is time to read, garden, decorate, play chess and befriend the locals. Yet one night Listowel is robbed, and soon after a neighbour is murdered. The violent history of the couple’s adopted Goldfields town is revealed, and plans for a new goldmine emerge. Subtle and sinister details unnerve : the novels that are studied at book club echo disappearances and colonial transgressions, a treasured copy painting of Monet‘s Field of Poppies recalls loves and dreams but also times of war. Atmospheric and beguiling, this is a novel that seduces the reader with mysteries and beauties but also speaks of something much larger. The planet is in trouble, but is the human race up to the challenge? Are Marsali and William, mistaking unreality for reality, walking blindfold into the end of time?
Subject General fiction
Country life -- Australia -- Fiction
Australian fiction
Australian authors -- Fiction
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