Publisher details

Author: Joy Dettman
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Genre: Fiction
Released: 01 January, 1999
ISBN: 9780330361460

Mallawindy

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Synopsis

Ann Burton was born on a river bank the night her father tried to burn their house down.Six years later her sister Liza disappears while they are staying at their uncle's property. What Ann sees that day robs her of her memory and her speech.Ann escapes her anguished childhood, finding love and a new life away from Mallawindy.But there is no escape from the Burton family and its dark secrets.Ann must return to Mallawindy and confront the past if she is ever to be free.#36 in Australia's Top 100 Favourite Homegrown Reads

About the author

Joy Dettman

Joy Dettman was born in Echuca, Victoria, and now lives in Melbourne with her husband and Footrot, the dog. It was a creative writing course in 1988 that helped to turn a lifelong interest into an obsession. The mother of four, Joy is a full-time writer and published author of several award-winning short stories as well as her best-selling novels Mallawindy, Jacaranda Blue, Goose Girl, Yesterday's Dust, The Seventh Day, Henry's Daughter, One Sunday, Pearl in a Cage, Thorn on the Rose, Moth to the Flame and Wind in the Wires. Ripples on a Pond is Joy's fifth novel in her Woody Creek series.