Eucalyptus
Subtitle: a novel
By: Murray Bail
Edition: 1st Picador ed.
Publisher: Picador
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780312427313
Subjects: Fathers and daughters; Eucalyptus; Identification; Storytelling; Fiction
Description: In order to marry Ellen Holland, a suitor must identify every species of the five hundred trees on her family's property in Australia, a test set by her possessive father. To Ellen's alarm--she is attracted to a young man--an aging suitor has nearly succeeded. By the author of Homesickness.