It is this combination of elements that I expect will have widespread appeal for McCullough’s many fans. Rendered with McCulloughs trademark historical accuracy, this dramatic coming-of-age tale is wise in. The results are sometimes happy, sometimes heartbreaking, but always. weighty decisions about what she values most.

McCullough draws on her own medical training to provide a layer of authenticity to the story and setting and as I read the book I was reminded of both the television show Call the Midwife and Kerry Greenwood’s fabulous ‘Phryne Fisher’ series. Bittersweet as its meant to be heard, narrated by Cat Gould. Colleen McCullough presents a new major work: the story of four unforgettable sisters navigating work, love, and their dreams in 1920s Australia. Each portrays a slightly different, yet compelling, archetype of female emancipation. Bittersweet by McCullough, Colleen, 1937-2015.

Edda is sexually liberated and desperate to become a doctor Grace’s only desire is to be married Tufts is determined to never marry and then there’s beautiful and fragile Kitty. A neuroscientist by training, she worked in hospitals in Sydney, London and Yale. Although they come from a background of relative privilege, each sister has her own particular struggle against the prejudice and restraints of the time. Colleen McCullough was born in New South Wales in 1937. The tale begins as four sisters (two sets of twins) begin their apprenticeships as professionally trained nurses, and follows their journeys to establish their individual identities at a time when women were still expected to stay at home and look after the children. As a return to form for Colleen McCullough, Bittersweet is a family saga (although to describe it as ‘sweeping’ might be pushing it) set in depression-era rural New South Wales.

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