The Trivia Man
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In present-day Millbrooke, recently widowed artist Angie Wallace has rented the Old Manse where Amy once lived. When her landlord produces an antique trunk containing Amy’s intriguingly diverse keepsakes – both Oriental and European – Angie resolves to learn more about this mysterious girl from the past.
And it’s not long before the lives of two very different women, born a century apart, become connected in the most poignant and timeless ways.
THE JADE WIDOW
A captivating historical novel of pioneering Australian women finding their way in a man’s world, from the author of the bestselling Mr Chen’s Emporium.
It is 1885, and Amy Chen is still in black, more than a decade after the death of her beloved husband Charles. But her widow’s weeds belie a determined young woman with a big ambition: Amy is going to build the grandest rural hotel in the colony of New South Wales, complete with its very own ‘ascending cabinet’.
Meanwhile, her best friend, Eliza Miller, has dreams of her own – to become one of Australia’s first female doctors. However, when she returns to Millbrooke from her medical studies at the Sorbonne, she finds the job she thought was hers has been taken … by a man.
Over the course of two turbulent years both women will face difficult choices – love or duty? Career or marriage? Is it possible to have it all …?
A PLACE OF HER OWN
A compelling novel of starting over from the author of Mr Chen’s Emporium.
Eighteen months ago Angie Wallace thought her world had ended. Now she’s fighting off suitors – and facing a crisis she never saw coming …
Following the death of her beloved husband Phil, Angie has made a new life for herself in the enchanting gold rush town of Millbrooke. The proud proprietor of the Old Manse B&B and a fierce protector of local history, her transition from ‘blow-in’ to bona fide Millbrooker is complete. She’s even fallen for the erudite but scruffy Richard Scott, owner of Millerbrooke House.
But just as the relationship between Angie and Richard seems to be blossoming, a woman from his past arrives back in town – and turns their world upside down.
Because Diana Goodmann isn’t all she seems, and when Angie vows to unearth the truth about her rival she finds herself a long way from home – and in very grave danger.
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The Trivia Man
978 0 85798 803 4
First published by Bantam in 2015
Copyright © Deborah O’Brien, 2015
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O’Brien, Deborah, author.
The trivia man/Deborah O’Brien.
ISBN 978 0 85798 803 4 (ebook: epub)
Love stories.
A823.4
Cover illustration by Cheryl Orsini
Cover design by Christabella Designs
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