Laura Rambotham, a clever, dreamy girl who tells fairy tales to her younger siblings, is sent from the country to an exclusive ladies’ college in Melbourne. There she learns that cleverness counts for less than clothes, money and saying the right thing, and she bends the truth more and more in her effort to be liked.
A sharp and funny school novel drawn from the author’s own girlhood, and a classic of Australian fiction. Download the free EPUB.