Eucalyptus

by Murray Bail | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0374148570 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingGoryDetailswing of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 9/13/2017
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Journal Entry 1 by wingGoryDetailswing from Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Wednesday, September 13, 2017
I got this good-condition hardcover from the ongoing book-sale at the Milford NH public library. It's an odd tale, of an Australian landowner who's become obsessed with eucalyptus trees, planting hundreds of them in all different varieties on his land. And then he decides that his daughter can only marry a man who is able to identify all of the trees correctly... Yeah. One candidate does turn up, a man whose knowledge of trees is extensive, and the father spends a lot of time with him strolling the landscape and talking about the trees, while apparently never considering the idea of asking the daughter whether she likes the guy or not {wry grin}. Meanwhile, the daughter meets a stranger who's idly hanging around, and who is fond of telling stories - each of which, oddly enough, includes a reference to some species of eucalyptus tree. Hmmm...

A very odd and enigmatic story, often quite frustrating, and yet with some great atmospheric scenes of the Australian countryside. Can't say I liked it, exactly, but it was certainly memorable!

Journal Entry 2 by wingGoryDetailswing at Main St. (see notes) in Waltham, Massachusetts USA on Thursday, April 19, 2018

Released 5 yrs ago (4/19/2018 UTC) at Main St. (see notes) in Waltham, Massachusetts USA

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

I plan to leave this book on a bench or window ledge inside Not Your Average Joe's in the shopping plaza off of Main St., when I stop by for a beer. Hope the finder enjoys the book!

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*** Released for the 2018 April Showers/May Flowers release challenge. ***

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