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Title details for Four Respectable Ladies Seek the Meaning of Wife by Barbara Toner - Available

Four Respectable Ladies Seek the Meaning of Wife

by Barbara Toner
Jennifer Vuletic
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'Marriage isn't always a bed of roses. And there are many ways to be a wife,' the vicar informs the town .
It's 1930, and as the Depression overtakes rural New South Wales, what it means to be a wife tests the four respectable ladies of Prospect to their very limit.
Louisa Worthington fled to the city ten years ago, pregnant, poor and under a cloud of scandal. Now she's back - blonde and brazen - with her heart set on the married son of the town's mayor.
Adelaide Nightingale, newly widowed and starved of romance, yearns for adoration, security and a version of herself defined by beauty not business.
Maggie Albright dreams of empire building, but is hamstrung by her over-cautious husband, who grows less handsome by the day.
Then there's Pearl Fletcher, happily married to Joe, the district's most successful sheep farmer, but protecting a secret that could tear their family apart.
And hovering in the town's shadows is a ghost from their past. A man newly released from jail ruthlessly bent on exploiting the ladies' hopes and fears to get what he wants. And what he wants is Louisa . . .
Praise for Four Respectable Ladies Seek Part-time Husband
'Loveable to the end . . . with a cast of colourful characters.' Herald Sun
'Hilarious.' Marie Claire
'A light, funny, warm-hearted read with occasional notes of darkness.' Books + Publishing
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Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781760891183
  • File size: 289776 KB
  • Release date: April 2, 2019
  • Duration: 10:03:41

MP3 audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781760891183
  • File size: 289810 KB
  • Release date: April 2, 2019
  • Duration: 10:05:41
  • Number of parts: 9

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Fiction Literature Historical Fiction

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English

'Marriage isn't always a bed of roses. And there are many ways to be a wife,' the vicar informs the town .
It's 1930, and as the Depression overtakes rural New South Wales, what it means to be a wife tests the four respectable ladies of Prospect to their very limit.
Louisa Worthington fled to the city ten years ago, pregnant, poor and under a cloud of scandal. Now she's back - blonde and brazen - with her heart set on the married son of the town's mayor.
Adelaide Nightingale, newly widowed and starved of romance, yearns for adoration, security and a version of herself defined by beauty not business.
Maggie Albright dreams of empire building, but is hamstrung by her over-cautious husband, who grows less handsome by the day.
Then there's Pearl Fletcher, happily married to Joe, the district's most successful sheep farmer, but protecting a secret that could tear their family apart.
And hovering in the town's shadows is a ghost from their past. A man newly released from jail ruthlessly bent on exploiting the ladies' hopes and fears to get what he wants. And what he wants is Louisa . . .
Praise for Four Respectable Ladies Seek Part-time Husband
'Loveable to the end . . . with a cast of colourful characters.' Herald Sun
'Hilarious.' Marie Claire
'A light, funny, warm-hearted read with occasional notes of darkness.' Books + Publishing
Expand title description text
Fiction Literature Historical Fiction