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Candelo
Candelo
Candelo
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Candelo

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Ursula's childhood is marked by a summer holiday in Candelo, a sleepy south coast town. It's the 1970s and Ursula's mother takes a foster son named Mitchell away with them. Charismatic, charming, and troubled, Mitchell finds his way into their lives and his brief time with them alters who they are forever. Years later, when she hears of Mitchell's death, Ursula is forced to confront heartbreaking truths about herself and her family, and to realize the strength and sadness of family ties stretched to their limit.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateAug 1, 2012
ISBN9781743430095
Candelo
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Georgia Blain

Georgia Blain published novels for adults and young adults, essays, short stories, and a memoir. Her first novel was the bestselling Closed for Winter, which was made into a feature film. Her books have been shortlisted for numerous awards including the NSW, Victorian, and SA Premiers’ Literary Awards, the ALS Gold Medal, the Stella Prize, and the Nita B. Kibble Award for her memoir Births Deaths Marriages. Georgia’s works include The Secret Lives of Men, Too Close to Home, and the YA novel Darkwater. In 2016, Georgia published Between a Wolf and a Dog and the YA novel Special (Penguin Random House Australia). Between a Wolf and a Dog was shortlisted for the 2017 Stella Prize, and was awarded the 2017 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Fiction and the 2016 University of Queensland Fiction Book Award. Georgia passed away in December 2016.

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    Recently read with my bookgroup. Candelo is a wild and neglected house with no phone, no neighbours and hidden places. Ursula and Mitchell can escape out of sight of a mother whose involvement in moral causes makes her blind to the domestic situation that surrounds her . The novel has a broody feel as Ursula slowly reveals to the reader what happened on that fateful day in Candelo. Interestingly Blain's own personal family history provides the themes about family stresses that she writes about here and a ray of hope brightens the novels end.

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