AT HOME WITH THE TEMPLETONS, BY MONICA MCINERNEY, MICHAEL JOSEPH, $32.95.
The Templetons are a feckless, charming English family of seven and they’ve just moved into a stately home in rural Australia.
They seem to have it all, especially in the eyes of neighbour Nina Donovan, a lonely young widow with a robust son, Tom. Yet all is not perfect at Templeton Hall. In fact, their life is built on a lie. Only sweet 11-year-old Gracie Templeton is happy. Her father has secrets, her aunt is an alcoholic, her sisters are neurotic and her brother is careless, but Gracie is the one who will suffer the most. Monica McInerney’s book explores the characters’ motivations, their decisions and the way they deal with consequences.
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