'This elegant and disturbing novel follows a young girl's coming-of-age in the Adelaide Hills just after the turn of the century. Thea Hodge, aged twelve, knows that young ladies should be pretty, demure and nice, but what is she to make of the mysterious and sensual Rina, the exotic sisters Love and Mercy, and her own sister Meg, whose plans for marriage and conformity go horribly wrong?'
Source: Publisher's blurb.