'Longtime is a place in the Blue Mountains where Edwin Truelance built a house, Letty, his wife, planted a garden and their five children had a world of rain-forest and bushland to explore. Then more people came.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
'During the Depression in Australia an old swagman, Mr Brodie, stays at the Truelance farm for a while and is befriended by nine-year-old Teddy.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
'Teddy, the youngest of the Truelance family continues the narrative begun in Longtime Passing. The story begins on a night at the end of World War I. Family members are followed as they change, move away, marry and have children of their own, returning to their home at Longtime only for brief periods.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
'Christmas in Australia long ago, with the family reunited to enjoy the festive season, and the father giving his youngest child a gift she will never forget.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.