| Stillwater Creek Contributor(s): Booth, Alison (Author) |
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ISBN: 1864711256 ISBN-13: 9781864711257 Publisher: Bantam Australia OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Cultural Heritage - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.80 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A dazzling debut novel about redemption, war, and the ties that hold families together It is 1957 and--after the death of her husband--pianist Ilona Talivaldis and her nine-year-old daughter Zidra travel to the remote coastal town of Jingera in New South Wales. Ilona, a concentration camp survivor from Latvia, is searching for peace and an opportunity to start anew. In her beautiful vine-covered cottage on the edge of the lagoon, she plans to set herself up as a piano teacher. The weeks pass, and slowly mother and daughter get to know the townsfolk--including kind-hearted butcher George Cadwallader who is forever gazing at the stars; his son Jim, a boy wise beyond his years; Peter Vincent, a former wartime pilot and POW; and Cherry Bates, the publican's wife who is about to make a horrifying discovery. It's quickly apparent that Jingera is not quite the utopia Ilona imagined it to be--a discovery that may force her to risk the one thing she holds dear. |