About MatildaBill WalshAn enchanting, funny, moving and original novel about how a child helps herself - and her family - to get through a turbulent life. 
When her father brings Matilda and her sisters and brothers all the way from Australia to their granny's house in Waterford, the five-year-old is mesmerized and comforted by her new family. But before long the children end up in an orphanage while their increasingly crazy father pleases himself. As she grows up, the only sure things in Matilda's life are the nuns who run the home and her own fighting spirit. By the time she is sixteen Matilda's gutsy determination allows her to take on her father for one last battle - not just for herself, but for her whole family. Waterford man Bill Walsh worked in his family's plastering business for nearly thirty years until becoming a fulltime writer in June 2005. About Matilda is his first novel. He is married and has two grown-up children. |
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