Written in English
Miles Franklin 2000 · Shortlist
Isobel on the Way to the Corner Shop
Isobel on the Way to the Corner Shop
Amy Witting · 81 when first published
Novel · 352 pages
AI-generated summary:Poor, hungry and trying to live by writing in Sydney, Isobel Callaghan is afraid her mind is giving way; she collapses while out to buy food and wakes in hospital, bound for a tuberculosis sanatorium in the Blue Mountains.