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The Place on Dalhousie by Melina Marchetta

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The Place on Dalhousie

by Melina Marchetta

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Narrator Maria Angelico

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Length 6 hours 39 minutes

Language English

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'You look the type to break your father's heart.'
'Yeah, but he broke mine first.'

When Rosie Gennaro first meets Jimmy Hailler, she has walked away from life in Sydney, leaving behind the place on Dalhousie that her father, Seb, painstakingly rebuilt for his family but never saw completed. Two years later, Rosie returns to the house and living there is Martha, whom Seb Gennaro married less than a year after the death of Rosie's mother. Martha is struggling to fulfil Seb's dream, while Rosie is coming to terms with new responsibilities. And so begins a stand-off between two women who refuse to move out of the home they both lay claim to.

As the battle lines are drawn, Jimmy Hailler re-enters Rosie's life. Having always watched other families from the perimeters, he's now grappling, heartbreakingly, with forming one of his own . . .

An unforgettable story about losing love and finding love; about the interconnectedness of lives and the true nature of belonging, from one of our most acclaimed writers.

Fiction

Melina Marchetta (Author)
Melina Marchetta is an internationally bestselling and award-winning author in more than twenty countries and eighteen languages. Her eighteen books range from beloved young adult fiction and fantasy through to contemporary and crime fiction, and works for younger readers. Her much-loved Australian classic Looking for Alibrandi swept the pool of literary awards when it was published, and was also released as a film, adapted by Marchetta, winning an AFI Award and an Independent Film Award for best screenplay, as well as the New South Wales Premier's Literary Award and the Film Critics Circle of Australia Award. In 2009 Marchetta won the prestigious Michael L. Printz Award from the American Library Association. Her most recent novel is The Place on Dalhousie. She lives in Sydney.

Maria Angelico (Reader)
Maria Angelico played the lead role of Julia in Network Ten's Sisters, from producer Imogen Banks. Recent projects include sketch comedy Orange is the New Brown; ABC's Glitch,The InBESTigators, and Get Krackin'; and Network Ten's Mr Black and How to Stay Married. Maria played Sagitarius in Zero Point (for Undergrowth) and the lead role of Florence in Other People's Problems. She also created, wrote and starred in her own web series, Movement. On stage, Maria played the lead role of Daphna in the 2015-16 national tour of the Australian premiere production of Bad Jews, from Ellis Productions. Her feature film credits include Blessed, Under a Red Moon and Hating Alison Ashley. TV credits include Wentworth, Underground, Rush, City Homicide, Home and Away, Trip for Biscuits, We Can Be Heroes, Neighbours, Blue Heelers and Footballer Wants a Wife.

Having worked professionally since her teens, Maria received a place in the inaugural Scholarship Course at the Melbourne Theatre Company. She has studied at Melbourne's 16th Street Acting Studio, Susan Batson Studios NY and with acting coaches Larry Moss, Ivana Chubbuck, Elizabeth Kemp (The Actors Studio), Penelope Chater and Penelope McDonald.