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REVIEW: THE PATTERSON GIRLS BY RACHAEL JOHNS

September 24, 2015 3:54 am

Sounds like another good read from WA Writer, Rachael Johns.

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THE PATTERSON GIRLS

Author: Rachael Johns
Harlequin MIRA Australia RRP $29.99
Review: Monique Mulligan

The seed of the book that became The Patterson Girls, Rachael Johns’ first foray into contemporary fiction, came from a weed. As Johns tells it, the paddocks around the town where she then lived were covered in what appeared to be a beautiful purple flower. She soon discovered that the flower was an invasive weed known as Paterson’s curse or Salvation Jane … and the word curse stuck with her. The result was The Patterson Girls, a warm and engaging tale about a four sisters and a family curse.

Four sisters return to Meadow Brook in rural South Australia to share Christmas with their bereaved father. Their mother died six months earlier, and after the funeral they all went back to their separate lives: Madeleine in the USA, Lucinda in Perth, Charlie in Melbourne, and…

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