A curious intimacy
By: Jessica White
Publisher: Viking/Penguin Group (Australia)
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Camberwell, Vic
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780670029716
Description: Roving botanist Ingrid Markham stumbles across the isolated cottage garden of drovers wife Ellyn Ives whilst cataloguing the indigenous flora of WA. Shattered by the death of her child, the delicate Mrs Ives prefers the English plants of her garden to the untamed bush around her farm. Under Ingrids careful guidance, Ellyn slowly begins to appreciate the strange flora around her. The unexpected return of Ellyns husband means the budding relationship between the women becomes fraught with danger.