This was in a pile of books given to me from my mother. I plan to read it before passing it on to someone else

Plot
From separate catastrophes two rural families flee to the city and find themselves sharing a great, breathing, shuddering joint called Cloudstreet, where they begin their lives again from scratch. For twenty years they roister and rankle, laugh and curse until the roof over their heads becomes a home for their hearts.

I quite enjoyed this book. Its written differently to what I'm used to and that through me a first but I got used to it. It was definitely worth the read.