The Philosopher's Daughters by Alison Booth
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐! Today is my spot on the blog tour for ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ'๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ด๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ by Alison Booth. It also happens that today this wonderful book is hitting the shelves at your favourite bookstore.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ'๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ด๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ is a tale of two very different sisters whose 1890s voyage from London into remote outback Australia becomes a journey of self-discovery, set against the landscape of wild beauty and savage dispossession.
I could not put down this stunning book. First, the writing is superb. Alison Booth transports you in the Australian Outback with her beautiful descriptions and accounts. Second, the story is magnificent and provocative. I love the thought-provoking references to the suffrage movement, the aboriginal rights (or lack of), and the way of life of Australian pioneers in the 1890s. I hope you will add this amazing book to your TBR list, you will not regret it.
๐ต๐ผ♀️ About the author: Born in Melbourne and brought up in Sydney, ๐๐น๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ต spent over two decades studying, living and working in the UK before returning to Australia some fifteen years ago. Her debut novel, Stillwater Creek, was Highly Commended in the 2011 ACT Book of the Year Award, and afterwards published in Reader’s Digest Select Editions in Asia and in Europe. Alison’s other novels are The Indigo Sky (2011), A Distant Land (2012), and A Perfect Marriage (2018). Alison is Emeritus Professor of Economics at the Australian National University. In November 2019, Alison was made Fellow of the Econometric Society, a prestigious international society for the advancement of economic theory in its relation to statistics and mathematics.
๐๐ผ♀️ Thank you, ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ for sending me a copy of this masterwork. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ'๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ด๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ by Alison Booth is now available at your favourite bookstore.
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