Book description
'A masterpiece. A novel of high seriousness and higher playfulness' Michael Hulse, Spectator
On a property in New South Wales, a man named Holland lives with his daughter, Ellen. As years pass and Ellen grows into a beautiful young woman, her father announces his decision: she will marry the first…
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1 author picked Eucalyptus as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I love a fairytale. I love an unusual kind of romance. And I love books about trees. Eucalyptus ticked all these boxes, in fact it was such a good book that I read it twice.
On a country property a man named Holland lives with his daughter Ellen. Over the years, as she grows into a beautiful young woman, he plants hundreds of different gum trees on his land. When Ellen is nineteen her father announces his decision: she will marry the man who can name all his species of eucalyptus, down to the last tree.
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