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Author

Kim Kelly

Kim Kelly is the author of eleven novels, including the acclaimed Wild Chicory and the bestselling The Blue Mile. With distinctive warmth and lyrical charm, her stories explore Australia, its history, politics and people. Her work has gained shortlistings in The Hope Prize and Australia’s premier short novel award, Viva la Novella. A long-time book editor and sometime reviewer, Kim is a dedicated narrative addict and lover of true love. In fact, she takes love so seriously she once donated a kidney to her husband to prove it, and also to save his life. Originally from Sydney, today Kim lives in central New South Wales, on Wiradjuri country, with her husband, two cats and some chickens, and occasionally the kids when they come home to graze.

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Title:

Ladies’ Rest and Writing Room

Written by:

Kim Kelly 

Read by:

Caroline Lee 

Format:

Unabridged CD Audio Book 

Number of CDs:

3 

Duration:

3 hours 39 minutes 

Published:

March 28 2024 

Available Date:

March 28 2024 

Age Category:

Adult 

ISBN:

9781038668394 

Genres:

Fiction; Australian Fiction; Historical; Historical Fiction; Romance 

Publisher:

Bolinda audio 

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Bestselling author
Award winning author
Australian author

Winner Finlay Lloyd 20/40 Publishing Prize 2023

Kim Kelly sweeps listeners into the lives and passions of her two central characters and into the bustling city streets of Sydney in the 1920s, in this powerfully moving audiobook that sparkles with vitality.

Christmastime, 1922. Sydney is at last waking from the nightmare of the Great War, and rekindled hope brings a burst of new energy to the city. Dotty Bluebrook does not share the shift in mood. Drifting through her rich-girl routine of shopping and social engagements, she is secretly mourning the loss of a forbidden lover who went off to fight and never returned. He’s been missing in action for four long years – and she’s losing her mind. Clarinda Littlemore is grieving losses of a more concrete kind. Her beloved father and brothers are unquestionably dead – leaving her and her mother in poverty. Taking a job in the Ladies’ Rest and Writing Room of an elegant department store, Clarinda is craving a life beyond filling inkpots and replenishing stationery supplies. One hot summer morning, when Dotty sweeps into the rose-pink haven of the writing room to pen a letter to her non-existent man, Clarinda watches her, and a recognition flares with resentment at her privilege. But soon she senses that Dotty’s in some desperate trouble of her own and, with recognition ever deepening, Clarinda takes a chance to rescue them both. *Winner of the 20/40 Finlay Lloyd Prize*

'Kim Kelly’s spry and endearing period novella … offers an elegant tonic for grief.'
The Sydney Morning Herald

'A wonder of a tale – masterfully compressed but endlessly capacious … Kelly’s elegant storytelling is full of wit and wisdom.' (on The Rat Catcher)
Wendy James, author of A Little Bird

'Kelly is a masterful creator of character and voice.' (on Walking)
Julian Leatherdale, author of Palace of Tears