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The Fence

The Fence

by Meredith Jaffe
Paperback
Publication Date: 30/08/2016

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I promise you one thing, young lady. Building a fence is not going to keep the world out and won't keep your children in. Life's not that simple.

Gwen Hill has lived on Green Valley Avenue all her adult life. Here she brought her babies home, nurtured her garden and shared life's ups and downs with her best friend and neighbour, Babs. So when Babs dies and the house next door is sold, Gwen wonders how the new family will settle into the quiet life of this cosy community.

Francesca Desmarchelliers has high hopes for the house on Green Valley Avenue. More than just a new home, it's a clean slate for Frankie, who has moved her brood from Sydney's inner city to the leafy north shore street in a bid to save her marriage and keep her rambunctious family together. To maintain her privacy and corral her wandering children, Frankie proposes a fence between their properties, destroying Gwen's lovingly cultivated front garden.

To Gwen, this as an act of war.

Soon the neighbours are in an escalating battle that becomes about more than just council approvals, and boundaries aren't the only things at stake.

"A keenly observed satire on the boundaries we set. Good fences make good neighbours. Or do they?" - Wendy Harmer

"There's nothing polite about this white picket fence drama. In this green-thumbed social satire of suburban neighbourly conflict, Meredith Jaffe's wicked sense of humor blooms in the fertile compost of domestic discord. To be enjoyed in all seasons, in full sun or part shade, requiring no watering or weeding. A mischievous treat for anyone who has ever had tricky neighbours. A welcome new talent. " - Caroline Baum, Editorial Director, Booktopia

ISBN:
9781743540152
9781743540152
Category:
Fiction
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
30-08-2016
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan Australia
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
368
Dimensions (mm):
234x154x28mm
Weight:
0.46kg
Meredith Jaffe

Meredith Jaffe is a writer and occasional book critic. For four years she wrote the weekly literary column 'The Bookshelf' for the online women's magazine The Hoopla; sharing literary news, reviewing books and interviewing writers.

Meredith regularly chairs panels, presents workshops and interviews fellow authors for various literary events and writers' festivals.

As a keen believer in the power of literacy, Meredith volunteers at The Footpath Library where she manages their annual EPIC! writing competition for school children.

She is currently working on her next novel in between riding her horses and enjoying farm life with her family on the beautiful NSW south coast.

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