![]() ![]() ![]() But as the years pass, and as Ellen grows into a great beauty, Holland plants eucalyptus trees-every variety he can get, hundreds upon hundreds, virtually filling the once barren landscape with a “museum of trees.” Meanwhile, Ellen’s radiance becomes the talk of the town, the county, and the country, with her sun-dappled loveliness and isolation likened to those of a princess in a tower. A fable-like novel from prizewinning Australian writer Bail (Homesickness, etc., not reviewed)poses an age-old question: How do you win a woman’s heart? After Holland brings his small motherless daughter to his newly purchased estate in New South Wales, the two find themselves wandering the property and grand house seemingly without much purpose. ![]()
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