Just thought I would share two excellent books I've read recently.
The first is Wildflower Hill by Kimberley Freeman.
This book was recommended to me on Amazon because I have purchased books by Kate Morton in the past, and I did find that Wildflower Hill is rather similar in style and general content to Morton's novels (which I also enjoy).
Wildflower Hill is about a prima ballerina (Emma) whose career comes to a sudden end as a result of a serious knee injury. Since her entire life always centred around ballet, Emma is lost after her injury. Leaving London to return home to Australia, Emma discovers that her late grandmother left her a Tasmanian sheep station. While preparing the estate for sale, Emma uncovers things about her grandmother that she never knew and, in the process, discovers the things that have been lacking in her own life (love, fulfillment and true happiness).
I really got into this book and didn't want to put it down. Freeman does a good job of weaving Emma's life and perspective with those of her grandmother, and I also enjoyed the fact that the book was set partly in Tasmania. I've read heaps of books set in Australia, but never Tasmania, so that was interesting.
The second book is The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. This book consists entirely of letters written back and forth between various characters and is basically about life on the Channel Islands during the German occupation in World War II. At the same time as I was reading this book, I was also watching the 1979-1980 British tv series Enemy at the Door, which is also about life during the German occupation on Guernsey. I highly recommend the book (and Enemy at the Door as well!).
