Wildflower Hill

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Simon and Schuster, Aug 23, 2011 - Fiction - 544 pages
Hailed by bestselling author Kate Morton as “a gorgeous story of family and secrets and the redemptive power of love,” Wildflower Hill is s compelling and romantic novel spanning three generations and half the world, from modern day London to Australia in the 1930s.

Emma is a prima ballerina in London and at a crossroads after an injured knee ruins her career. When she learns of her grandmother Beattie’s death, and her own strange inheritance—an isolated sheep station in rural Australia—Emma is certain she has been saddled with an irritating burden. But when she returns to Australia, forced to rest her body and confront her life, she realizes that she had been using fame as a substitute for love and fulfillment.

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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Section 1
1
Section 2
17
Section 3
27
Section 4
41
Section 5
67
Section 6
77
Section 7
105
Section 8
129
Section 17
299
Section 18
321
Section 19
357
Section 20
373
Section 21
395
Section 22
409
Section 23
425
Section 24
449

Section 9
145
Section 10
161
Section 11
175
Section 12
197
Section 13
217
Section 14
243
Section 15
259
Section 16
279
Section 25
469
Section 26
479
Section 27
499
Section 28
511
Section 29
523
Section 30
525
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Kimberley Freeman was born in London and grew up in Brisbane, Australia. She is the bestselling author of Wildflower Hill and Lighthouse Bay and teaches critical and creative writing at the University of Queensland. She lives in Brisbane with an assortment of children and pets. Visit her website at KimberleyFreeman.com.

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