The House of Memories

Monica McInerney

Penguin Group Australia, 2012 - Fiction - 472 pages

Months after a tragic accident, Ella O'Hanlon flees to London in an attempt to escape her grief, leaving behind the two people she blames for her loss: Aidan, the love of her life, and Jess, her spoiled half-sister. Taken in by her beloved uncle Lucas, Ella discovers that his extraordinary house holds many wonderful memories for her...and his group of transitory boarders provides a refreshing and welcome emotional tonic. But as Ella settles into a comfortable new role as unofficial cook and housemother, Jess secretly comes to London to pursue her own dreams, precipitating an unexpected family reunion and an exploration of the heart--one famished for love, for healing, and for forgiveness.
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About the author

One of the stars of Australian fiction, Monica McInerney is the author of the internationally bestselling novels A Taste for It, Upside Down Inside Out, Spin the Bottle, The Alphabet Sisters, Family Baggage, Those Faraday Girls, At Home with the Templetons, Lola's Secret, The House of Memories and a short story collection, All Together Now. Those Faraday Girls was the winner of the General Fiction Book of the Year prize at the 2008 Australian Book Industry Awards. In 2006 Monica was the ambassador for the Australian Government initiative Books Alive, with her novella Odd One Out. Monica grew up in a family of seven children in the Clare Valley of South Australia and has been living between Australia and Ireland for twenty years. She and her Irish husband currently live in Dublin. For further information go to monicamcinerney.com or connect with Monica on Facebook

Bibliographic information

• Title: The House of Memories
• Author: Monica McInerney
• Publisher: Penguin Group Australia, 2012
• ISBN: 1921518642, 9781921518645
• Length: 472 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / General; Fiction / Romance / Suspense; Fiction / Sagas; Fiction / Women