Family Affairs

by Catherine Gaskin

Book Overview

A saga for today, set amid the sophisticated parties, political scandals and financial upheavals of Britain and Australia. Kelly expected only a life of poverty and shame. However with her... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385134681
• ISBN13: 9780385134682
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 521 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Cannot be put down!

I first read this book when it came out in 1980. Recently, I reread it and was as enthralled with it now as I was then. Spanning nearly 40 years, this is saga at its best, weaving the story of a young daughter of a cook, Kelly, raised in Australia who marries the son of the family her mother works for. Some years after his death, she marries a prominent politician with 2 daughters - one an up and coming dancer and the other a political activist. Life for Kelly - and indeed, the reader - REALLY takes off from here, building to a really amazing and unexpected series of climaxes which left me wishing there had been a sequel AND a miniseries starring Lindsey Wagner!