The Opal Desert
Author: Di Morrissey
ISBN: 9781742611211
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia
Year First Published: 2012
Pages: 416
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 23mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Descripition:
From Australia's favourite storyteller with new novel Before the Storm out now. Kerrie, in her 40s, has just lost her famous sculptor husband who had been the centre of her existence and for whom she sacrificed her own art career. Now she needs to find the courage to rekindle her dreams. Shirley, approaching 80, believes she was betrayed by her lover many years ago and has retreated from the world, becoming a recluse living in an underground dugout. Her new friends cause her to reassess what she's done with her life. Anna, 20, has a promising athletic career but is torn between the commitment to her sport, which could carry her to the Olympics, and the other challenges in her life. Will running away solve her problems? The friendship that develops between these three women who meet in the strangely beautiful but desolate landscape of Opal Lake helps them deal with the next stage of their lives.
ISBN: 9781742611211
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia
Year First Published: 2012
Pages: 416
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 23mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Descripition:
From Australia's favourite storyteller with new novel Before the Storm out now. Kerrie, in her 40s, has just lost her famous sculptor husband who had been the centre of her existence and for whom she sacrificed her own art career. Now she needs to find the courage to rekindle her dreams. Shirley, approaching 80, believes she was betrayed by her lover many years ago and has retreated from the world, becoming a recluse living in an underground dugout. Her new friends cause her to reassess what she's done with her life. Anna, 20, has a promising athletic career but is torn between the commitment to her sport, which could carry her to the Olympics, and the other challenges in her life. Will running away solve her problems? The friendship that develops between these three women who meet in the strangely beautiful but desolate landscape of Opal Lake helps them deal with the next stage of their lives.
