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Book Review of The Dreaming: A Novel of Australia

The Dreaming: A Novel of Australia
The Dreaming: A Novel of Australia
Author: Barbara Wood
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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Helpful Score: 1


From Publishers Weekly
In an opulent, slightly overdone epic of Victorian Australia, Wood--also known as Kathryn Harvey ( Butterfly )--chronicles a daughter's search for the mystical secret that killed her mother.

This is a good, solid historical romance. This is also an anthropological novel. The reader does become immersed in the myths, dream life, and very sad developments of the life of aborigines.
The characters are interesting and strong, and one of the real strengths of this for me was that the characters grow and develop and learn from their experiences. There are no present day villains here--just humans who learna s they go along, and I thought that was particularly nice.

There is a strong sense of the landscape and history of Australia here. Barbara Wood's plot also holds together well and comes to a strong resolution.