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All About Ella

By Meredith Appleyard
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All About Ella by Meredith Appleyard delves into the life of Ella, who faces unexpected changes as she approaches a significant personal milestone. As past and present collide, she must navigate relationships, personal aspirations, and unexpected challenges to rediscover her sense of fulfilment. This engaging story explores themes of family, resilience, and reinvention.
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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate stories about personal growth and navigating life's challenges. This novel delves into themes of family, identity, and self-discovery, offering a heartfelt exploration of human emotions and relationships. It’s perfect for readers who relish character-driven narratives with poignant insights into everyday life.

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At 70, and widowed, Ella is about to find out that blood is not always thicker than water. A wise and warm-hearted story about ageing, family, and community for readers of Tricia Stringer and Liz Byrski.

At 70, Ella's world is upended, leaving her at odds with her three adult children, whose attention is fixed more firmly on her money than her ongoing welfare. After an argument with her son Anthony, she flees his Adelaide home for Cutlers Bay, a seaside town on the Yorke Peninsula. There she befriends Angie, a 40-year-old drifter, and becomes an irritant to local cop Zach. He's keen to shift Ella off his turf, because Anthony phones daily, demanding his mother be sent home. And besides, Zach just doesn't trust Angie.

Ella warms to Cutlers Bay, and it warms to her. In a defiant act of self-determination, she buys an entirely unsuitable house on the outskirts of town, and Angie agrees to help make it habitable. Zach is drawn to the house on the clifftop and finds himself revising his earlier opinions of Ella, and Angie.

A keenly observed story about ageing and its inherent vulnerability, about community and chosen family, about how family stressors shape us all, about trust and loyalty, and about standing up for yourself.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781867230847

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 September 2021

Country: Australia

Imprint: HQ Fiction

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 32.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 498g

Pages: 416

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About the Author

Meredith Appleyard lives in the Clare Valley wine-growing region of South Australia. As a registered nurse and midwife she practised in a wide range of country health settings, including the Royal Flying Doctor Service. She has been an agency nurse in London and a volunteer in Vietnam. When a friend challenged Meredith to do what she'd always wanted to do – write a novel – she saved up, took time off work, sat down at the computer and wrote her first novel. Realising after the first rejection letter she needed to learn more about the craft of writing, she attended workshops, joined a writers' group and successfully completed an Advanced Diploma of Arts in Professional Writing with the Adelaide Centre for Arts. Meredith lives with her husband and border collie Lily, and when she's not writing she's reading! meredithappleyard.com.au

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