At Home with the Templetons by Monica McInerney

I have enjoyed McInerney's previous books and I wasn't disappointed in this one either. On the back of the book someone had called McInerney "Australia's answer to Maeve Binchy". So now I know why I enjoyed it! This is the story of two families over a couple of decades. As you may well have guessed, the Templetons are one of the families! Henry and Eleanor Templeton, along with their four children, have moved from England to Australia to take over a manor house that was Henry's inheritance. To pay for the improvements and upkeep, they open the house to the public and given tours while they are wearing period clothing. Everyone thinks they are a bit weird. Their only son, Spencer is not happy living in the country with only his sisters. One day he meets Tom, who has recently moved with his widowed mother into a rental down the road. The lives of these two families becomes entwined - the good, the bad and sometimes the downright ugly (not everyone is telling the truth in this book!) Great read