The Servants' QuartersHaunted by phantoms of World War II and the Holocaust, young Cressida lives in terror of George Harding, who, severely disfigured, has returned from the front to recover on his familys African estate. When Harding plucks young Cressidas beautiful mother and family from financial ruin, establishing them in the old servants quarters, Cressida is swept into a life inexorably bound to his. In her new setting, she is conscripted to enliven Hardings nephew,

The book will stand for the foreseeable future as the best study of the tragic mistakes that led to so much suffering

Drew is trying not to withdraw from his

What we need reinserted in our lives is the missing element of white space—short periods of open

and even worse puns

'Darry Fraser has proven yet again that she is a master at writing Australian historical fiction

he comes with a basket of painted eggs and chocolates for children

no matter the occasion

only she—allied with the progressives

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crucial role of compassion not only in treating others

not someone who only sees him as a kid brother

Titles originally published in 2014