A review by starness
The Place on Dalhousie by Melina Marchetta

3.0

A light easy read that wasn’t too demanding. Growing up in and around inner Western Sydney as a child I was instantly familiar with the workings of being part of a tight knit community, there were always lots of surrogate Nonnas and Yiayias around to make up for the lack of real family here in Australia and it was easy to relate to so much in this book as many of the places and locations mentioned are places I’ve hung around, I even have family that live a street away from the street mentioned in this book! It really added a realistic aspect. The writing was simple probably geared a little more to a younger audience but there is something for everyone as Melina Marchetta’s writing is very accessible, the only problem I encountered was that there were quite a few characters to keep track of. But ultimately this book is about friendship and community so it was a necessary part of the story.