Melting Moments
Anna Goldsworthy
It is 1941. Eighteen-year-old Ruby leaves behind the family farm, her serious mother and roguish father, and heads for Adelaide. After a brief courtship, she enters into a hasty marriage with a soldier about to go to war - who returns a changed man. With an eyebrow pencil in one hand and gardening shears in the other, Ruby navigates the years doing her duty as a woman, contending with her damaged husband and eccentric in-laws, allowing marriage and motherhood to fill her with purpose and pleasure - and only occasionally wondering, is this all there is? MELTING MOMENTS recreates the Adelaide and Melbourne of half a century ago, bringing a family to life as they move through the decades, challenging and caring for and loving one another, often in surprising ways.
Author - Anna Goldsworthy.
Narrator - Olivia Beardsley.
Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Location:
United States
Description:
It is 1941. Eighteen-year-old Ruby leaves behind the family farm, her serious mother and roguish father, and heads for Adelaide. After a brief courtship, she enters into a hasty marriage with a soldier about to go to war - who returns a changed man. With an eyebrow pencil in one hand and gardening shears in the other, Ruby navigates the years doing her duty as a woman, contending with her damaged husband and eccentric in-laws, allowing marriage and motherhood to fill her with purpose and pleasure - and only occasionally wondering, is this all there is? MELTING MOMENTS recreates the Adelaide and Melbourne of half a century ago, bringing a family to life as they move through the decades, challenging and caring for and loving one another, often in surprising ways. Author - Anna Goldsworthy. Narrator - Olivia Beardsley. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
Duration:00:09:16
Chapter 2
Duration:00:27:58
Chapter 3
Duration:00:11:11
Chapter 4
Duration:00:21:03
Chapter 5
Duration:00:13:01
Chapter 6
Duration:00:10:18
Chapter 7
Duration:00:17:25
Chapter 8
Duration:00:10:55
Chapter 9
Duration:00:13:30
Chapter 10
Duration:00:14:47
Chapter 11
Duration:00:15:46
Chapter 12
Duration:00:15:04
Chapter 13
Duration:00:15:47
Chapter 14
Duration:00:14:42
Chapter 15
Duration:00:23:49
Chapter 16
Duration:00:14:22
Chapter 17
Duration:00:27:26
Chapter 18
Duration:00:20:11
Chapter 19
Duration:00:21:40
Chapter 20
Duration:00:19:47
Chapter 21
Duration:00:25:01