"The Retrospect" by Ada Cambridge is a thoughtful true story from the turn of the century, where the author herself recounts her emotional journey back to England after thirty-eight years in Australia. Cambridge's story centers on her complicated feelings about home, time, and change as she revisits the places of her childhood. The book starts with her reflections on leaving England so long ago, capturing both her desires and the difficulties of returning later in life. She describes her sea voyage, her excitement about finally returning to England, and her thoughts about how time, and she herself, has changed. Nearing England, she finds a renewed sense of hope and happiness in seeing familiar places she deeply loved as a child. The story begins a deep look at memory, identity, and accepting change, while also vividly painting the scenes she sees on her journey.
The Retrospect
By Ada Cambridge
After nearly four decades abroad, a woman's return to England sparks a reflective exploration of home, memory, and the effects of time.
Summary
About the AuthorAda Cambridge, later known as Ada Cross, was an English-born Australian writer. She wrote more than 25 works of fiction, three volumes of poetry and two autobiographical works. Many of her novels were serialised in Australian newspapers but never published in book form. While she was known to friends and family by her married name, Ada Cross, her newspaper readers knew her as A.C. She later reverted to her maiden name, Ada Cambridge, and that is how she is known today.
Ada Cambridge, later known as Ada Cross, was an English-born Australian writer. She wrote more than 25 works of fiction, three volumes of poetry and two autobiographical works. Many of her novels were serialised in Australian newspapers but never published in book form. While she was known to friends and family by her married name, Ada Cross, her newspaper readers knew her as A.C. She later reverted to her maiden name, Ada Cambridge, and that is how she is known today.
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