Child of Mine
- ISBN-10
- 0143786288
- ISBN-13
- 9780143786283
- Series
- Child of Mine
- Category
- Brisbane (Qld.)
- Pages
- 416
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-01-29
- Publisher
- Random House Australia
- Author
- Janita Cunnington
Description
In this tug-of-love there can be no winners . . . It's January 1974, and a devastating flood is about to change the lives of four generations of women. Maggie Rowe is thirty-five, a teacher, and still living with her mother, Vera, in a tiny cottage in Hill Street, Brisbane. Next door lives Donna Birtles, a feckless, twentysomething single mum and her little daughter Flower. Early one rain-drenched morning at the height of the flood, Donna and Flower seek shelter with Maggie and Vera . . . However once the water recedes, Donna seems reluctant to move out, particularly when she meets Roddy, a casual worker on the clean-up gang. With Donna now disappearing for months on end, Maggie is forced to take on the role of Flower's guardian - at the expense of her own hopes and longings. Flower is the daughter Maggie never had. And she's the daughter Donna had but didn't want. So when Donna finally returns to reclaim her child, who has the right to be her mother?
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
Walking Brisbane: 30 Original Walks in and Around Brisbane
By P. Wilson, Alison CotesPart of a series on Australian city walks, Walking Brisbane is a lively personal guide featuring: * 30 walks through the most famous sights and interesting areas off the tourist track * easy-to-follow maps detailing each route * essential ...
-
The Commissariat Store
By Mamie O'Keeffe, Tania ClearyCatalogue of an exhibiton curated by Tania Cleary.
-
Music Industry Development and Brisbane's Future as a Creative City
By Terry FlewMusic Industry Development and Brisbane's Future as a Creative City
-
One Book Many Brisbanes: An Anthology of Brisbane Stories
By Karen Foxlee, Nicole DeubleThis book contains 10 stories selected as prizewinners in the One book many Brisbanes competition.
-
One Book Many Brisbanes: Second Anthology of Brisbane Stories
By Karen Foxlee, Paul Warwick, Di MorrisThis book contains 10 stories selected as prizewinners in the One book many Brisbanes competition.
-
More Than a Haircut and Shave: South Brisbane Dry Docks - a History
By David Jones, Peter NunanMore Than a Haircut and Shave: South Brisbane Dry Docks - a History
-
More Than a Haircut and Shave: South Brisbane Dry Docks - a History
By David Jones, Peter NunanWhen a ship is docked to clean away underwater barnacles and weed and to paint its bottom, dock workers often referred to this as a "haircut and shave".
-
One Book Many Brisbanes: Third Anthology of Brisbane Stories
By Paul Warwick, Jennifer Barrett, Gary KembleThis third anthology publishes the winning entries from the 2007 One book many Brisbanes competition.
-
The Brisbane Diary of Euphemia Kemp
By Euphemia KempThe Brisbane Diary of Euphemia Kemp
-
History of Mount Coot-tha
By Janet SpillmanIt is an ideal river city, with a magnificent panorama of hills that seasoned travellers admit to be unsurpassed in loveliness... The hills of the city - Mount Coot-tha, Mount Gravatt, White's Hill, and Eildon Hill - guard it like four ...