The Other Side of the Worldprofoundly moving a literary tour de force Australian Women's Weekly the precision and flair of the writing is breathtaking Weekend Australian an insightful, exquisitely observed novel The Guardian CAMBRIDGE, 1963 Charlotte is struggling. With motherhood, with the changes marriage and parenthood bring, with losing the time and the energy to paint. Her husband, Henry, wants things to be as they were and can't face the thought of another English winter.