![]() ![]() 'Each word, each sentence, each paragraph shines and gleams. Share 3.65 (3,348 ratings by Goodreads) Currently unavailable. 'An extraordinary comedy of manners.' Guardian The Idea of Perfection by Kate Grenville, 9780330361774, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. The Idea of Perfection won Britain's prestigious Orange Prize for Fiction, and her other novels include Sarah Thornhill, The Lieutenant, Lilian's Story, Dark Places and Joan Makes History. The companion memoir, Searching for the Secret River, was released in 2006. It has received numerous awards, including the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Miles Franklin Literary Award. Her bestselling novel The Secret River has been published in more than twenty countries. This fifth novel by renowned Australian author Grenville (Lilian's Story), winner of the Orange Prize, presents the story of two people, both divorced, who for differing reasons are residing temporarily in a small town in the Australian bush. Kate Grenville is one of Australia's finest writers. Unlike Felicity Porcelline, a woman dangerously haunted by the idea of perfection, they come to understand that what looks like weakness can be the best kind of strength. Kate Grenville's Orange-Prize winning novel The Idea of Perfection is the story of the small town of Karakarook, and of Douglas Cheeseman and Harley Savage-two people who seem the least likely in the world to fall in love. ![]()
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