This was described as a family saga, and while it did follow a family from 1931 to 2000, it was much more than that. The writing was brilliant. Soft and flowing and engrossing. It was mainly set in Newcastle, but other places I know like Leura, Lithgow (described as grey and foggy) and Bathurst were mentioned. It made the story more....real (?) being set in places I know.
An excerpt I like
'You could take a slice out of Alice's life at just about any point and find her reading. All her life she sewed and knotted, crocheted and embroidered, keeping the devil well and truly at arm's length with her busy hands, but a day without reading was a day without savour.
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