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book review no 15: Wildflower hill by Kimberley freeman

15/12/2014

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Having poured her heart and soul into her ballet career from a very young age, Emma is left devastated and directionless when a career-ending injury forces her life down a very different path than she had planned. Unable to stay in London she heads home to Australia to learn that she had inherited a sheep station in Tasmania from her Grandma Beattie.

Emma's first thought is to clean the place up and sell as quickly as possible. However once she starts going through her Grandmother's old papers and photos she uncovers many things she never knew about Beattie's life and the huge struggles she overcame to succeed in life - a success that allowed Emma to live a life of privilege.
Told in Kimberley Freeman's usual dual storyline style the book moves between past and present gradually revealing Beattie's early life while detailing Emma's journey of acceptance that her ballet career and the life she once knew is over.

Although Emma is not an overly likeable character due to her self absorption, she did grow on me as the story progressed. I could understand how bereft she must feel at saying goodbye to the thing she was most passionate about and enjoyed how her character developed through the lessons Beattie provided via her personal effects.

As always Kimberley Freeman has written an enjoyable and compelling novel that kept me engaged on both threads of the storyline from beginning to end.
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