Eucalyptus by Murray Bail evocative portrait of a large

evocative portrait of a large Irish family and a shot of fresh blood into the Irish literary tradition

and the various challenges that (mostly) solo parenting presents

Corporal Matt Matsumoto is a Japanese-American working for the Occupation forces

luxuriant valleys carved by sacred springs

Eucalyptus by Murray Bail evocative portrait of a large*Used like new Published by Vintage Canada 1999 The gruff widower Holland has two possessions he cherishes above all others: his sprawling property of eucalyptus trees and his ravishingly beautiful daughter, Ellen. When Ellen turns nineteen Holland makes an announcement: she may marry only the man who can correctly name the species of each of the hundreds of gum trees on his property. Ellen is uninterested in the many suitors who arrive from around