The Historian's Daughter

In an old house with'too many windows and women', high in the Indian hills, youngHannah lives with her older sister Gloria; her two olderbrothers; her mother - the Magician; a colourful assortmentof aunts, blow-ins and misfits; andher father - the Historian. It is a world of secrets, jealousies and lies, ruled by theHistorian but smoothed over by the Magician, whose kindnessesand wisdom bring homely comfort and all-enveloping love to a ramshackle...
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In an old house with'too many windows and women', high in the Indian hills, youngHannah lives with her older sister Gloria; her two olderbrothers; her mother - the Magician; a colourful assortmentof aunts, blow-ins and misfits; andher father - the Historian. It is a world of secrets, jealousies and lies, ruled by theHistorian but smoothed over by the Magician, whose kindnessesand wisdom bring homely comfort and all-enveloping love to a ramshackle buildingthat seems destined forchaos.

And then one day theMagician is gone, Gloria is gone, and the Historian has spiritedHannah and her brothers away to a new and at first bewilderinglife in Perth. As Hannah grows and makes her own waythrough Australian life, an education and friendships, shebegins to penetrate to the heart of one of the old house's greatestsecrets - and to the meaning of her own existence.