The Ghost at the Wedding: A True Story

Winner, 2009 Asher Literary Award Three generations, two world wars, one family The young men who worked in the canefields of northern New South Wales in 1914 couldn't wait to set off for the adventure of war. The women coped as best they could, raised the children, lived in fear of an official telegram. They grieved for those killed, and learnt of worse things than death in combat. They bore more...