Angel Puss
By (Author) Colleen McCullough
HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
26th October 2005
Australia
General
Fiction
A823.3
Paperback
450
Width 111mm, Height 180mm, Spine 25mm
376g
I wouldn't walk on coals of fire for any man, but Flo She's my angel puss. My child. It's 1960, and twenty-one-year-old Harriet ignores her father's warning that 'only fools, Bohemians and tarts live at Kings Cross' and moves into Mrs Delvecchio Schwartz's rooming house. there she learns about men, love, and tarot cards. But it is mute four-year-old Flo who captures Harriet's heart, and who teaches her that protecting those you care for most can be hardest of all. ANGEL PUSS vividly evokes the dynamism and passions of a Kings Cross that has gone. It is also the story of women's love for children, and the sacrifices a woman will make to protect and nurture a beloved child. 'irreverent, moving and irascibly funny' tHE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD'a ripping read - big in spirit, heart and charm ... I was beguiled' tHE AGE'Harriet is unforgettable' WESt AUStRALIAN
Colleen McCullough was born in New South Wales in 1937. A neuroscientist by training, she worked in hospitals in Sydney, London and Yale. By night, she wrote -- and her second novel, "The Thorn Birds" (1977) became a global bestseller. She published 25 novels, ranging from love stories to crime fiction, including the monumental, seven-volume "Masters of Rome" historical fiction series.