Hello From the Gillespies
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4.2 • 144 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
For more than thirty years, Angela Gillespie has sent friends and family around the world an end-of-the-year letter titled 'Hello from the Gillespies'. It's always been cheery and full of good news. This year, Angela surprises herself – she tells the truth . . .
The Gillespies are far from the perfect family that Angela has made them out to be. Her husband is coping poorly with retirement. Her 32-year-old twins are having career meltdowns. Her third daughter, badly in debt, can't stop crying. And her ten-year-old son spends more time talking to his imaginary friend than to real ones.
Without Angela, the family would fall apart. But when Angela is taken from them in a most unexpected manner, the Gillespies pull together – and pull themselves together – in wonderfully surprising ways . . .
With bonus extra Q&A with Monica McInerney and book club notes
'If you need more proof what a superior storyteller this author is, here it is.' West Australian
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Angela Gillespie sits in the South Australia outback station she’s called home since meeting her farmer husband, Nick, in a Sydney bar three decades ago and prepares to compose her annual Christmas letter. But what used to be an enjoyable ritual turns into a gloomy reflection on the sorry state of Angela and Nick’s marriage, as well as the worrisome struggles of the couple’s four children. What would happen if Angela ended up mailing an unfiltered catalogue of the Gillespies’ past year: a compendium of fears, frustrations and failure? Bestselling author Monica McInerney (Those Faraday Girls) is a gifted storyteller who yanks you into the tale and spins out her characters’ physical and emotional dramas with infectious warmth.
Customer Reviews
Good Read
I really enjoyed this book from beginning to end. It was easy reading as are all of her novels.
Hello from the Gillespies
Loved this book
Hello from the Gillespies
A lovely read from Monica, can't wait for the next book