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At Home with the Templetons

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At Home with the Templetons by Monica McInerney is a delightful romance and family saga that unfolds when the vibrant and unconventional Templeton family moves into a grand but dilapidated mansion in a small Australian town. The novel explores the intertwining lives, secrets, and relationships of both the Templetons and their neighbours, capturing the complexities and warmth of family dynamics and unexpected friendships. It beautifully weaves humor and heartache, offering a rich tapestry of human connections.
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At Home with the Templetons

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An entertaining and touching story of the perils and pleasures of love, friendship and family, from one of Australia's most-loved authors.

When the Templeton family from England takes up residence in a stately home in country Australia, they set the locals talking—and with good reason. From the outside, the seven Templetons seem so unusual, peculiar even.

No one is more intrigued by the family than their neighbours, single mother Nina Donovan and her young son Tom. Before long, the two families' lives become entwined in unexpected ways, to the delight of Gracie, the youngest of the Templeton daughters.

In the years that follow, the relationships between the Templetons and the two Donovans twist and turn in unpredictable and life-changing directions, until a tragedy tears them all apart. What will it take to bring them together again?

From one of Australia's favourite novelists comes a wonderfully entertaining and touching story of the perils and pleasures of love, friendship and family.

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At Home with the Templetons by Monica McInerney has received praise for its engaging and warm storytelling, filled with complex family dynamics and well-drawn characters. Readers appreciate the author's ability to weave humour and emotion, creating an immersive narrative that captures the intricacies of relationships and personal growth. The setting adds to the charm, evoking a vivid sense of place that complements the unfolding drama and romance.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780143785651

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 July 2018

Country: Australia

Imprint: Penguin Random House Australia

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 39.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 410g

Pages: 608

About the Author

One of the stars of Australian fiction, Monica McInerney is the author of the internationally bestselling novels A Taste for It, Upside Down Inside Out, Spin the Bottle, The Alphabet Sisters, Family Baggage, Those Faraday Girls, At Home with the Templetons, Lola's Secret, The House of Memories and a short story collection, All Together Now. Those Faraday Girls was the winner of the General Fiction Book of the Year prize at the 2008 Australian Book Industry Awards. In 2006 Monica was the ambassador for the Australian Government initiative Books Alive, with her novella Odd One Out. Monica grew up in a family of seven children in the Clare Valley of South Australia and has been living between Australia and Ireland for twenty years. She and her Irish husband currently live in Dublin.

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