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Sandstone
Sandstone is set in postwar Australia—a time when people held hopes for the future, based largely around the dream of home ownership.
Jack, Ruth and their family imagine that their lives will change the day they move into the new home they are building in the small coastal village of Point Henry. They hope the fibro cottage and shiny laminex will bring them happiness and a new start for their family. But as Jack and his sons labour over the foundations for their new life it becomes harder and harder to block out the dark events in their past.
With a fine eye for detail and a terrific cast of Australian characters, Stephen Lacey reminds us that while we all dream for greater things, sometimes true contentment can be found at home.
Jack, Ruth and their family imagine that their lives will change the day they move into the new home they are building in the small coastal village of Point Henry. They hope the fibro cottage and shiny laminex will bring them happiness and a new start for their family. But as Jack and his sons labour over the foundations for their new life it becomes harder and harder to block out the dark events in their past.
With a fine eye for detail and a terrific cast of Australian characters, Stephen Lacey reminds us that while we all dream for greater things, sometimes true contentment can be found at home.
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340 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2005
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January 20, 2021
Sandstone is the name of this new house the Wallace family is building. In this new house, there will be a new start where there's to be no fights and only all smiles. Meantime, the story is of the journey of this couple, Ruth & Jack, as they found their way to each other and built a family in postwar Australia.
It's possibly not the book for me as I found it so mundane. I guess it is a realistic story with bad & good, love & lost, and everything in between. I am glad of one thing though and that is, they remain faithful despite all the fights etc and even as their children grow, they remain loyal to family.
It's possibly not the book for me as I found it so mundane. I guess it is a realistic story with bad & good, love & lost, and everything in between. I am glad of one thing though and that is, they remain faithful despite all the fights etc and even as their children grow, they remain loyal to family.
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