A Room Made of Leaves

This is a new book. Condition: Brand New.

Kate Grenville's latest bestselling novel, now in a smaller format and featuring a beautiful updated cover design

What if Elizabeth Macarthur-wife of the notorious John Macarthur, wool baron in the earliest days of Sydney-had written a shockingly frank secret memoir? And what if novelist Kate Grenville had miraculously found and published it?

Marriage to a ruthless bully, the impulses of her heart, the search for power in a society that gave women none- this Elizabeth Macarthur manages her complicated life with spirit and passion, cunning and sly wit. Her memoir lets us hear-at last!-what one of those seemingly demure women from history might really have thought.

A Room Made of Leaves is set in the past, but it's just as much about the present, where lies have the dangerous power to shape reality. This book is historical fiction turned inside out, a stunning sleight of hand by one of our most original writers.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781922790262
Published: February 2023

Number of pages: 336
Width: 131 mm
Height: 199 mm
Depth: 22 mm

Publisher: Text Publishing