Aphelion

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Aphelion

Written by Emily Ballou
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Exiled by love, Hazel Rey moves to the historic town of old Adaminaby. A victim of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme, the town now lurks, gone but not forgotten, under the waters of Lake Eucumbene.There, on the shore of the lake, Hazel meets four generations of women sharing one house. Eighty-year-old Esme Windle waits patiently for her turn to die - but a daughter is not meant to go before her mother, and Esme's ancient mother Hortense shows no signs of being finished with living. Esme's neice Byrne and Byrne's daughter, the widowed Lucetta, are succumbing to their own lonely fate. All four seem destined to live in a perpetual aphelion, pulled down by dark regrets and lost love.But when young Rhett Davys returns to his abandoned family home after the death of his mother, he carries within him a fire that will ignite all of their lives.Author InformationPoet and screenwriter Emily Ballou was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and moved to Sydney in 1991. She is also the author of Father Lands.

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Pages 503
Language Eng
Publisher Picador Pan Macmillian Australia
Published 2007
ISBN 6768626
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After spending years working in the corporate world, Emily Ballou finally decided to pursue a lifelong passion for writing. They currently reside in a quiet suburb where they spend most of their time outlining new stories, reading extensively, and occasionally attempting to bake.

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It was adequate. It verged on repetitive in the second act. A more concise edit would have served it well. A fair 3 stars.
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I thoroughly enjoyed the elegance of it. Beautiful writing, though I craved slightly more depth in the lore. Still, undeniably engaging. A wonderful companion for a quiet weekend.
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