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Great story, but one thing really bugged me all the way to the end. At the start of chapter eleven (page 58 in the copy I read), in the 6th paragraph, the Chandler's housekeeper, Mai, says "Mrs Carmichael always have me decorate on Christmas Eve." It should have read "Mrs Chandler". Pity an editor didn't pick up this mistake. My mind just started trying to figure out the connection between the Chandler's housekeeper and the Carmichaels. I didn't realise it was a red herring error until I got to the end of the book and it wasn't revealed to be a plot twist!

I read this to my daughter over several nights and we both really enjoyed it. It's a shame there are so many American words in a book set in Australia - we don't use the words gallons, miles, feet, inches, ranch, prairie, grits, sweater, gas... But never mind, it was good fun to read about the Thea Sisters' Australian adventure!