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Wildflower Hill

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Touchstone, Aug 23, 2011 - Fiction - 544 pages
SPANNING THREE GENERATIONS AND HALF THE WORLD, WILDFLOWER HILL IS A SWEEPING, ROMANTIC, AND COMPELLING STORY OF TWO WOMEN WHO SHARE A LEGACY OF SECRETS, HEARTBREAK, COURAGE, AND LOVE.

Emma, a prima ballerina in London, is at a crossroads after an injured knee ruins her career. Forced to rest and take stock of her life, she finds that she’s mistaken fame and achievement for love and fulfillment. Returning home to Australia, she learns of her grandmother Beattie’s death and a strange inheritance: a sheep station in isolated rural Australia. Certain she has been saddled with an irritating burden, Emma prepares to leave for Wildflower Hill to sell the estate.

Beattie also found herself at a crossroads as a young woman, but she was pregnant and unwed. She eventually found success—but only after following an unconventional path that was often dangerous and heartbreaking. Beattie knew the lessons she learned in life would be important to Emma one day, and she wanted to make sure Emma’s heart remained open to love, no matter what life brought. She knew the magic of the Australian wilderness would show Emma the way.

Wildflower Hill is a compelling, atmospheric, and romantic novel about taking risks, starting again, and believing in yourself. It’s about finding out what you really want and discovering that the answer might be not at all what you’d expect.

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Freeman writes in beautiful prose. - Goodreads
The ending was bittersweet and very satisfying. - Goodreads
This story/book is a perfect goodreads selection. - Goodreads
And it was just the ending I was hoping for. - Goodreads

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User Review  - Heather - Goodreads

I decided to read this book based on goodreads and amazon recommendations, I think because I had really liked Kate Morton's The Forgotten Garden. When it arrived I saw Morton had even written a blurb ... Read full review

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User Review  - Susie Turner - Goodreads

Maybe I'm biased because I found it in a big bin at Walmart and paid only $3 for this book, so I wasn't expecting much, but I thought it was fantastic! I couldn't put it down. It tells the story of a ... Read full review

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About the author (2011)

Kimberley Freeman was born in London, and grew up in Brisbane, Australia.  She has degrees in literature and creative writing, has won many awards, and teaches at the University of Queensland.  She lives in Brisbane with her husband and two children.

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