The aunts' house Stead, Elizabeth 1932- creator author. text Australian fiction-21st century. Australian fiction-21st century. Domestic fiction. Domestic fiction. Fiction. Historical fiction. Historical fiction. History. qea 2019 monographic eng print 281 pages ; 23 cm Recently orphaned, Angel Martin moves into a boarding house populated by an assortment of eccentric and colourful characters. She's befriended by the gregarious Winifred Varnham - a vision in exotic fabrics - and the numerically gifted Barnaby Grange. But not everyone is kind and her scrimping landlady, Missus Potts, is only the beginning of Angel's troubles. Angel refuses to accept her fate. She is determined to forge a sense of belonging despite rejection from her two maiden aunts, Clara and Elsa, who blame Angel's mother for their brother's death. Her Sunday visits to the aunts' house by the Bay expand her world in ways she couldn't have imagined. Elizabeth Stead brings her classic subversive wit and personal insight to this nostalgic portrait of wartime Sydney. In Angel Martin, she has created a singular and irrepressible character. A true original. adult Elizabeth Stead. u-at--- u-at-ne 1901-1945 fast Aunts Fiction Boardinghouses Fiction Friendship Fiction Orphans Fiction Aunts Fiction Belonging (Social psychology) Fiction Fate and fatalism Fiction Orphans Fiction Aunts Boardinghouses Family life fiction Friendship Orphans Australia History 1901-1945 Fiction Sydney (N.S.W.) History Fiction Sydney (N.S.W.) Fiction Australia New South Wales Sydney PR9619.3.S76 A96 2019 823/.914 0702260355 9780702260353 pda,print AU@ 181003 20250318215326.9 in00004170876 eng