![]() ![]() ![]() She’s cared for by Jack and Betty Cust, neighbours, and Doctor Rainbow. ![]() She’s returned to Brisbane following the death of her sister, Grace but is only in the house one night before she finds herself ill with pneumonia and bedridden. There, at the end of the first paragraph, is our first hint that Nora is telling a story and therefore, might not be an entirely reliable narrator. I am not wearing the gloves Fred gave me because I have left them behind in the car, but I don’t know that yet. I am wearing a plain felt hat with a brim, and my bi-focal spectacles with the chain attached. It is wool because even in these sub-tropical places spring afternoons can be cold. I arrive at the house wearing a suit – greyish, it doesn’t matter. Nora Porteous is our narrator and, as the book begins, she’s arriving at the house that was her childhood home. Tirra Lirra by the River is a 1978 novel which won The Miles Franklin Award. ![]()
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