Blogs in November 2019

Shell 1st November 2019

Sydney, 1960s: newspaper reporter Pearl Keogh has been relegated to the women’s pages as punishment for her involvement in the anti-war movement, and is desperate to find her two young brothers before they are conscripted. Newly arrived from Sweden,...

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The Botanist’s Daughter 7th October 2019

A buried secret… Present day: Anna is focused on growing her new gardening business and renovating her late grandmother’s house. But when she discovers a box hidden in a wall cavity, containing water colours of exotic plants, an old...

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The Colour of Things Unseen 9th August 2019

When Adi leaves his village in Indonesia to take up an art scholarship in Australia, he arrives in the bewildering Sydney art world, determined to succeed. Following his first solo exhibition at a smart art gallery, Adi dares to...

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Fishing For Stars 18th June 2019

Nicholas Duncan is a semi-retired shipping magnate who resides in idyllic Beautiful Bay in Indonesia, where he is known as the old patriarch of the islands. He is grieving the loss of his beautiful Eurasian wife, Anna, and is...

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The Chance of a Lifetime 26th January 2019

Moving 10,000 miles from home might just save the Parkes family bacon. And it could possibly be what their marriage needs. But what if these new ‘opportunities’ like overcoming a fear of spiders, learning to swim in the ocean...

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