Margaret, Are You Leaving?

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'What a gift Dianne Yarwood is to Australian literature. Margaret, Are You Leaving? is powerful and poignant ... devastating and tender' SUZANNE DO, author of The Golden Sister 'Such a warm, generous, uplifting book. Full of heart and wisdom, emotionally sharp and funny in a very human way' EMMA PEI YIN 'A tender and true story about friendship and families lost and found' Good Housekeeping 'An extraordinary story of mothers and daughters ... reveals the human condition in all its flawed glory' KYRA GEDDES 'An irresistible story of family, friendship and community, of mothers and daughters and bonds that time and tragedy cannot erase. Beautiful and heart-rending, it asks that most profound of questions: was I loved?' TRISH BOLTON An uplifting and life-affirming novel about family lost and found from the author of Australian bestseller The Wakes. Sydney, 2001. Now in her forties, Maggie Reid has built a good life for herself, surrounded by good people. She has an adorable but needy dog and a new relationship. She has tried hard to leave her painful past behind her, but when her beloved brother Lucas calls with news of their adopted mother's death, he also delivers a bombshell about Maggie's birth mother. So begins an uncertain, bumpy journey to trace her mother's identity, a quest that brings fresh heartbreak but also unexpected joy. Maggie's spent her whole life leaving, but now, for the first time, will she feel like staying? Deeply empathetic, uncommonly witty and wise, Mar

• Binding: Hardcover

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