Family Affairs [Hardcover]

Catherine Gaskin (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 521 pages
• Publisher: Doubleday; 1st edition (July 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385134681
• ISBN-13: 978-0385134682
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.7 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,428,171 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Cannot be put down!, July 29, 2003

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This review is from: Family Affairs (Hardcover)

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!