![]() ![]() ![]() They help to nurse her back from pneumonia, and slowly let her in on the dark secrets of the neighborhood in the years that have lapsed. ![]() At home, the neighborhood children she remembers have grown into compassionate adults. Her life has taken her from a failed marriage in Sydney to freedom in London she forged a modest career as a seamstress and lived with two dear friends through the happiest years of her adult life. One of Australia's most celebrated novels: one woman's journey from Australia to London Nora Porteous, a witty, ambitious woman from Brisbane, returns to her childhood home at age seventy. Tirra Lirra by the river / Jessica Anderson afterword by Anna Funder Book Bib IDīook, Online - Google Booksīrooklyn : Melville House Publishing, 2014 ![]()
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