About the author:
"What we remember from childhood we remember forever – permanent ghosts, stamped, inked, imprinted, eternally seen,” observed prominent American short story writer and novelist Cynthia Ozick.
Glimpses of the landscape of Joy Dettman’s early years reveal how her permanent ghosts have stamped themselves on her writing – such as the darkness that threads its way through her books, from her acclaimed 1998 debut novel, Mallawindy, about a missing child and an abusive father, to her latest, Pearl In A Cage, in which murder and madness weave their way through romance, dry Aussie humour, chooks, cows and a grandmother’s love.
Read more about Liz in the October issue of The Australian Women’s Weekly on page 323.
About the book:
One summer evening in 1923, an elegantly dressed, pregnant stranger is found unconscious in Woody Creek. So begins an intriguing mystery and a series of events with consequences for all, especially the family which takes in the baby. A bold, vividly told Australian drama, with a huge cast of well-drawn characters, led by the lovely Gertrude, possessed of good sense and calm compassion.
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Pearl In A Cage by Joy Dettman, Pan Macmillan,
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