McCullough herself was interested in medical school but developed an allergy to the surgical soap. The book proved so popular, it was listed by the British public at No. The Aussie McCullough is perhaps best known for her novel (and subsequent television miniseries) The Thorn Birds, a saga of forbidden love between a woman and a priest. However, even the sweetness of their love for each other cannot outweigh the bitterness of the compromises life forces them to make. They all embark on the career for their own reasons, but the one constant is their love for each other, and this drives the storytelling. ( From the publisher.“Nothing is so sweet that there is no tinge of bitter in it.” So concludes Bittersweet, Colleen McCullough’s tale of four sisters who take one of the few professional avenues open to them in the early 20th century: nursing. Rendered with McCullough’s trademark historical accuracy, this dramatic coming of age tale is wise in the ways of the human heart, one that will transport readers to a time in history that feels at once exotic and yet not so very distant from our own. The results are sometimes happy, sometimes heartbreaking, but always.bittersweet. They meet men from all walks of life-local farmers, their professional colleagues, and even men with national roles and reputations-and each sister must make weighty decisions about what she values most.
As the Latimer sisters become immersed in hospital life and the demands of their training, they meet people and encounter challenges that spark new maturity and independence. Together they decide to enroll in a training program for nurses-a new option for women of their time, who have previously been largely limited to the role of wives, and preferably mothers. They are famous throughout New South Wales for their beauty, wit, and ambition, but as they step into womanhood, they are not enthusiastic about the limited prospects life holds for them.
Yet these vivacious young women each have their own dreams for themselves: Edda wants to be a doctor, Tufts wants to organize everything, Grace won’t be told what to do, and Kitty wishes to be known for something other than her beauty. In her first epic romantic novel since The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough weaves a sweeping story of two sets of twins-all trained as nurses, but each with her own ambitions-stepping into womanhood in 1920s and 30s Australia.īecause they are two sets of twins, the four Latimer sisters are as close as can be.
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