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by Helene Young (Author)

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At times like these families should be coming together, not tearing each other apart.

On her remote North Queensland cattle station, Ivy Dunmore is facing the end of her days. Increasingly frail, all she holds dear is threatened not just by crippling drought, but by jealousy and greed - and that's from within her own family.

Can Felicity, who's battling her own crisis as her fiftieth birthday approaches, protect her mother and reunite her family under the homestead's faded iron roof? Or will sibling rivalries erupt and long-held secrets from the past break a family in crisis?

From award-winning Australian author Helene Young comes a story about family fractures and feuds in later life - and about loved ones being there for each other when it matters the most.

'This is probably the best contemporary read of the year! It resonated in so many ways. Intelligent. Brilliant.'
Carol Seeley, Reading Writing Riesling

Length: 384 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
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A moving and insightful family drama about three generations coming to terms with the family matriarch facing her final days.

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 2578 KB
Print Length: 384 pages
Publisher: Penguin eBooks; None edition (2 July 2018)
Sold by: Penguin Australia Pty Ltd
Language: English
ASIN: B07CPSB7D2
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Average Customer Review: 5 customer reviews
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #51,847 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
- #276 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Small Town & Rural
- #991 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Family Life
- #3826 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Contemporary Fiction

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sue

Welcome back helene

26 July 2018

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Oh yeah she is back.
I have been waiting in such anticipation for another brilliant book by this author. please have another one in the next pipe line

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Wonderful Australian Fiction

15 October 2018

Format: Kindle Edition

I was super impressed with this story, the second I've read by Helene Young, and I recommend it to anyone who enjoys Australian fiction, especially those family saga-type novels with secrets handed down over generations.
I thought the characters were brilliantly drawn - I was instantly invested in Ivy, Felicity and Georgina, and the description of settings were gorgeous, but not drawn out. I felt the author had a way of summing up a setting or a person with few words, yet painting the perfect picture.
Character growth within the story was believable and moving, with Felicity's storyline particularly striking home for me - probably because we're the same age. It can be confronting to read about characters getting older, because I look ahead and think about ageing, and health, and family, and it's not always a thought filled with sunshine and lollipops!
The other book of Helene Young's that I've read is Half Moon Bay. I enjoyed that too, but for me, Return To Roseglen was at another level.
Super effort!

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‘Ivy’s hand trembled as she drew the brush over her lips, in danger of smudging the bright colour.’

5 August 2018

Format: Paperback

Ivy Dunmore lives at Roseglen, a remote North Queensland cattle station, currently drought-stricken. Ivy, aged in her nineties, has lived alone since her husband Charlie died. Ivy has three children: Ken who is close by, Georgina who is an international pilot and Felicity who nurses in Brisbane. Ivy is increasingly frail and concerned for the future. Not only is she concerned about the consequences of drought, there are family secrets as well. And Ken, Georgina and Felicity are not close to each other. Ivy is right to be concerned about the future for Roseglen: her neighbour Mitch has helped, but she knows that Ken can’t stand him.

Through Ivy, we are introduced to her children, each with their own challenges, and Mitch. Mitch seems like a great neighbour, so why does Ken dislike him so? I kept reading, enjoying the way the story unfolded with Ivy at the centre, worrying about her frailty, concerned about how her son was treating her. Ms Young’s characters are well developed, facing issues that at least some readers will be able to relate to. But beyond the more common, more everyday issues of frail old age, of relationship breakdowns, of choices made and regretted, there’s a secret at the core of this story. Can Ken, Georgina and Felicity move beyond their differences to work together? And what about Mitch?

I picked up this novel and found it very difficult to put down. I wanted to know how it would end, wanted certain outcomes and dreaded others (no spoilers here!). This is the first of Ms Young’s novels that I have read: I’ll certainly be looking to read others.

Jennifer Cameron-Smith

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recommended family drama

5 August 2018

Format: Paperback

Return to Roseglen is a poignant story of family and ageing, sibling rivalry and entitlement, long held secrets and second chances.
I fell in love with Ivy Dunmore by page 2 and that feeling didn’t waiver throughout the book. Helene Young has written a heartfelt story filled with strong women and the most wonderful supportive men I’ve read about in a long time.
No one is perfect and Young shows through her characters that we all make mistakes but we should not let our mistakes define us.
Return to Roseglen will have you contemplating your own life, especially if you have ageing parents.
Young is the master of emotion as the story had my tears welling, my anger rising and at other times I was happily celebrating the triumphs along with the characters.
I would recommend Return to Roseglen to anyone who enjoys a compelling family drama.

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Maggie Christensen

A wonderful story!

25 July 2018

Format: Kindle Edition

I loved this book so much I didn't want it to finish. Thank you, Helene Young, for transporting me to Roseglen and introducing me to Ivy and her family.

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