Would you try another book from Colleen McCullough and/or Deidre Rubenstein? For Kitty, it is a way to escape the suffocating love of her mother, who can see nothing beyond Kitty's astonishing beauty.Īs career dreams clash with romance, and the Depression casts its shadow across Australia, each of the sisters will be forced to confront her own secret desires and dreams, and discover the true nature of love. For Grace, the hospital is a terrifying place of sickness and mess, while Tufts discovers her hidden talents. For Edda, it is the closest she can come to her dream of being a doctor. Edda, Grace, Kitty, and Tufts are the daughters of Reverend Thomas Latimer, and are about to become the first batch of nurses to be professionally trained in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. Set in the 1920's and 30's in Australia, Bittersweet follows the lives of four sisters - two pairs of twins. The results are sometimes happy, sometimes heartbreaking, but always.Colleen McCullough always vowed that she would never write another sweeping family saga in the vein of The Thorn Birds, but luckily for her millions of fans she has now written Bittersweet, an epic novel of love, betrayal, ambition and redemption. They meet men from all walks of life-the local farmers, their professional colleagues, and even men with national roles and reputations, and each sister must make decisions about what she values most. As they become immersed in hospital life and the demands of their training, they meet people and encounter challenges that spark new maturity and independence. Together they decide to enroll in a training program for nurses-a new option for women of their time. Instead, Edda wants to be a doctor, Tufts wants to organize everything, Grace won't be told what to do, and Kitty wishes to be known for something other than her beauty. They are famous throughout New South Wales for their beauty, wit, and ambition, but as they step into womanhood, they are not enthusiastic about the limited prospects life holds for them.

Because they are two sets of twins, the four Latimer sisters are as close as can be. 'Returning to the sweeping romantic saga, Colleen McCullough presents a new major work: the story of four unforgettable sisters navigating work, love, and their dreams in 1920s Australia.

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