The Place on Dalhousie

Melina Marchetta

Sep 2019 · Bolinda · Narrated by Maria Angelico

About this audiobook

'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.

About the author

Melina Marchetta is an Australian writer and former teacher. Her first novel, Looking for Alibrandi, was released in 1992 to much acclaim, sweeping the pool of young adult literary awards. Melina has also written short stories including Twelve Minutes as part of a Books Alive anthology, along with reviews and opinion pieces for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian and The Australian Literary Review. She has been a writer-in-residence around the country, as far north as Thursday Island and as far south as Hobart. Melina now lives in Sydney and writes full-time.

Maria Angelico is an Australian actor, writer and producer whose credits include many Australian film and television productions. She played the lead role, Julia, in Network Ten’s Sisters. Recent projects include sketch comedy Orange is the New Brown, ABC's Glitch, The InBESTigators, Get Krack!n and Network Ten's Mr Black and How to Stay Married. She created, wrote and starred in her web series, Movement. On stage, Maria played the lead role of Daphna in the 2015–2016 national tour of Bad Jews (Ellis Productions).