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Louise swinn reviews 'A Curious Intimacy' by Jessica White

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May 2007, no. 291

A Curious Intimacy by Jessica White

Penguin, $27.95 pb, 302 pp

Louise swinn reviews 'A Curious Intimacy' by Jessica White

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May 2007, no. 291

There is something of the Famous Five about this book, largely due to the central character. It is the 1870s and botanist Ingrid – ‘a woman in trousers’ – is on her horse, Thistle, collecting specimens in Western Australia. She and her father, who dearly misses her back in Adelaide, are writing and illustrating a book on wildflowers. Ingrid is practical and can fix a broken water pump; even though she is considered eccentric, people seek her advice.

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