Why did Catherine love this book?
I always enjoy stories (books or films) that are character-driven, especially those that introduce you to the main character or characters and stay with them over decades.
In this book, we follow the lives of two orphaned Australian sisters who arrive in England in the 1950s: Fair Grace marries a wealthy and officious bureaucrat while independent, dark-haired Caroline falls in love with the unscrupulous Paul Ivory, while the sweet Ted Tice pines for her. Decades later, we witness the bonds and betrayals that follow the earlier choices.
Beautifully written!
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"The Transit of Venus is one of the great English-language novels of the twentieth century." - The Paris Review
Finalist for the National Book Award
Winner of the National Book Critics' Circle Award
The award-winning, New York Times bestselling literary masterpiece of Shirley Hazzard-the story of two beautiful orphan sisters whose fates are as moving and wonderful, and yet as predestined, as the transits of the planets themselves
The Transit of Venus is considered Shirley Hazzard's most brilliant novel. It tells the story of two orphan sisters, Caroline and Grace Bell, as they leave Australia to start a new life…