Silver linings / Families Siblings Aunts Stepmothers Country life Life change events Nineteen fifties Australian fiction.
Nannestad, Katrina,
Silver linings / Katrina Nannestad. - 294 pages : map ; 22 cm.
"Nettie Sweeney has a dad, three big sisters, a farm full of cows and a cat called Mittens. But it's not enough. She longs for a mother. One with a gentle touch and sparkles in her eyes. Instead, she has Aunty Edith with slappy hands, a sharp tongue and the disturbing belief that peas are proper food. When Dad marries Alice, all Nettie's dreams come true. The Sweeney home overflows with laughter, love and, in time, a baby brother. Billy. The light of Nettie's life. Then tragedy strikes. The Sweeney family crumbles. Nettie tries to make things right, but has she made everything so much worse?"--Back cover.
9-12 years old.
9780733342257 (hardback)
jb2023046423
Families--Juvenile fiction.
Siblings--Juvenile fiction.
Aunts--Juvenile fiction.
Stepmothers--Juvenile fiction.
Country life--Australia--Juvenile fiction.
Life change events--Juvenile fiction.
Nineteen fifties--Juvenile fiction.
Australian fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Historical fiction.
A823.4
Silver linings / Katrina Nannestad. - 294 pages : map ; 22 cm.
"Nettie Sweeney has a dad, three big sisters, a farm full of cows and a cat called Mittens. But it's not enough. She longs for a mother. One with a gentle touch and sparkles in her eyes. Instead, she has Aunty Edith with slappy hands, a sharp tongue and the disturbing belief that peas are proper food. When Dad marries Alice, all Nettie's dreams come true. The Sweeney home overflows with laughter, love and, in time, a baby brother. Billy. The light of Nettie's life. Then tragedy strikes. The Sweeney family crumbles. Nettie tries to make things right, but has she made everything so much worse?"--Back cover.
9-12 years old.
9780733342257 (hardback)
jb2023046423
Families--Juvenile fiction.
Siblings--Juvenile fiction.
Aunts--Juvenile fiction.
Stepmothers--Juvenile fiction.
Country life--Australia--Juvenile fiction.
Life change events--Juvenile fiction.
Nineteen fifties--Juvenile fiction.
Australian fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Historical fiction.
A823.4