Lovers' Knots


Lovers' Knots : A Hundred-Year Novel is a novel by Australian writer Marion Halligan. It was originally published by Heinemann in Australia in 1992.

Synopsis

The novel follows the lives of Ada Gray, who arrives in Australia from England as an immigrant in the early twentieth century, and her descendants.

Dedication

  • Dedication: For my sisters Brenda and Rosanne

Publishing history

After its initial publication in Australia by Heinemann in 1992, the novel was reprinted as follows

Critical reception

Writing in The Canberra Times reviewer Helen Elliott noted: "This is not a novel to be devoured, nor to be read at one sitting. It is to be savoured from the front cover to the measured conclusion which does not want to talk about happy endings, but is prepared to be eternally hopeful about happy beginnings. Lovers' Knots will be read with shouts of recognition — and murmurs of pleasure."

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