The Ghost at the Wedding
A True Story

















- Published: 3 May 2010
- ISBN: 9780143203292
- Imprint: Penguin
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 264
- RRP: $27.99
Poignant, deeply human ... creative social history at its most readable and most moving.
Judith Armstrong, The Age
The Australian voice we have been waiting for to tell our story. She has gathered and assimilated a mountain of data and then, like a bard at the feast, joined facts and fabrications and made them sing.
Annabel Frost, Australian Coast to Coast Country Style
Heartfelt and haunting.
Terry Smyth, Sun Herald
Walker recreates another era beautifully ... a novelistic saga that has the added piquancy of truth.
Sunday Mail Brisbane
A gripping testament to the human spirit.
Carmel Bird, Bendigo Advertiser
Moving and eloquently written ... It reminded me of Alice Munro's quasi-fictional work The View from Castle Rock.
Brenda Niall, Australian Book Review
Don't pass this one by, it is the best, and the most moving [memoir], I have read for many years.
Nina Valentine, Ballarat Courier
A wonderful read, quite different to the usual war memoirs.
Pamela Southern, Pittwater Life
In describing the extraordinary horrors along with the tenderness of life, this story is almost painful as well as compelling. In language that is always beautiful, it captures a lost lifestyle and makes it alive.
Debra Adelaide
A deeply moving and humane account of the devastation of wars on several generations of an Australian family. Fine and important history, this enthralling book is written with all the drama and insight of a novel.
Alex Miller, The Age
A family memoir to beat most ... Evocative and lively ... A tale of love and loss on a grand scale ... Engrossing ... This biography will become a classic of the era.
Steve Kendall, Bendigo Weekly
Convinces utterly, immerses the reader in the experience ... Evocative, heartfelt.
Lucy Sussex, Sunday Age
Asher Literary Award
Winner • 2009 • Asher Literary Award