In her rich vision of an alternate life for Elizabeth… Grenville offers a potentially myth-busting version of a turbulent time."—Booklist starred review
"Historical comeuppance is on order in Kate Grenville’s A Room Made of Leaves…White-hot…[An] impressively angry book."—Wall Street Journal
"Grenville invites the reader to reflect on the complex relationship between truth and falsehood, history and fiction…[A] stunning literary achievement."—Kirsten Tranter, Guardian
"There is no doubt Grenville is one of our greatest writers."—Sunday Mail
Kate Grenville is a literary alchemist, turning the leaden shadow of the historical Elizabeth Macarthur into a luminescent, golden woman for our times. Intelligent, compassionate, strategic and dead sexy, Grenville’s Macarthur is an unforgettable character who makes us question everything we thought we knew about our colonial past. A polished gem of a novel by a writer who is as brave as she is insightful. I simply loved it."—Clare Wright, author of You Daughters of Freedom
"Giving voice to the countless generations of women who were prevented from telling their true stories…Compelling."—Herald-Sun
"Vividly rendered, warmly sympathetic, daring in speculative breadth: a full-length portrait in oils of a woman known to most of us only in profile miniature…If Grenville’s novel is inspired by provocation, it unfolds as a feeling, organic story."—The Australian
"Grenville so convincingly creates Elizabeth’s voice it is easy to forget her opening warning: 'Do not believe too quickly!'...Grenville’s Elizabeth stays with you."—Conversation
"‘Memorable…Macarthur comes to vivid life…A gorgeously tactile sense of the Australian bush."—Mercury
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