Lillipilly Hill
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Acceptable
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Ex-library with usual markings
Set in the lush, sun-dappled landscape of colonial Australia, Lillipilly Hill chronicles the arrival of the Kendall family from England as they trade the familiar comforts of home for the wild promise of a new life on an Australian property. At the heart of the story is Harriet, a spirited and imaginative girl who struggles to reconcile the structured world she has left behind with the vibrant, untamed freedom she discovers in her new surroundings. As the family navigates the challenges of settlement — the hard work, the quirky neighbours, and the unfamiliar bush — Harriet must confront her own prejudices and open her heart to belonging somewhere entirely new. Eleanor Spence, one of Australia's most celebrated and enduring children's authors, brings an acute sensitivity to character and a richly evocative prose style that captures both the beauty of the Australian landscape and the emotional complexity of childhood. Lillipilly Hill, first published in 1960 and winner of the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award, stands as a landmark of Australian children's literature — a warm, perceptive, and quietly profound novel that asks what it truly means to call a place home.
Author: Eleanor Spence
Format: Hardback
Genre: Australian history
Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Acceptable
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Ex-library with usual markings
Set in the lush, sun-dappled landscape of colonial Australia, Lillipilly Hill chronicles the arrival of the Kendall family from England as they trade the familiar comforts of home for the wild promise of a new life on an Australian property. At the heart of the story is Harriet, a spirited and imaginative girl who struggles to reconcile the structured world she has left behind with the vibrant, untamed freedom she discovers in her new surroundings. As the family navigates the challenges of settlement — the hard work, the quirky neighbours, and the unfamiliar bush — Harriet must confront her own prejudices and open her heart to belonging somewhere entirely new. Eleanor Spence, one of Australia's most celebrated and enduring children's authors, brings an acute sensitivity to character and a richly evocative prose style that captures both the beauty of the Australian landscape and the emotional complexity of childhood. Lillipilly Hill, first published in 1960 and winner of the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award, stands as a landmark of Australian children's literature — a warm, perceptive, and quietly profound novel that asks what it truly means to call a place home.