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Author: Susan Duncan
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Genre: Fiction
Released: 03 December, 2024
ISBN: 9781761471544

Finding Joy in Oyster Bay

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Synopsis

When former journalist-turned-café-owner Kate Jackson abandons her six-month-old baby and disappears without a word, the quirky boat-access community of Cook's Basin quickly steps in to salvage a delicate and difficult situation.

But even the best intentions can go horribly awry.

Relationships are tested, loyalties divided and the future of the beloved Briny Café - the beating heart of Cook's Basin - comes under threat.

It takes a group of bossy retirees to navigate the brittle twists and turns of the grim past to point the way towards a hopeful future.

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About the author

Susan Duncan

Susan Duncan enjoyed a 25-year career spanning radio, newspaper and magazine journalism, including editing The Australian Women's Weekly and New Idea. She now lives in her own patch of offshore paradise, Pittwater, in the beautiful home built for poet Dorothea Mackellar in 1925.Her bestselling memoir, Salvation Creek won the 2007 Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award and was shortlisted for the prestigious Dobbie Award, part of the Nita B Kibble awards for women writers. Its sequel, The House at Salvation Creek, was also a huge bestseller.She has now turned her hand to fiction and is the author of two novels: The Briny Cafe and Gone Fishing.