Climbing the Coconut Tree - Karakaltsas, S. C
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Inspired by true events, this is a story about eighteen-year-old Bluey Guthrie who, in 1948 leaves his family to take the job of a lifetime on a remote island in the Central Pacific. Bill and Isobel, seasoned ex-pats help Bluey fit in to a privileged world of parties, dances and sport. However, the underbelly of island life soon draws him in. Bluey struggles to understand the horrors left behind after the Japanese occupation, the rising fear of communism, and the appalling conditions of the Native and Chinese workers. All this is overseen by the white Colonial power brutalising the land for…mehr

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Inspired by true events, this is a story about eighteen-year-old Bluey Guthrie who, in 1948 leaves his family to take the job of a lifetime on a remote island in the Central Pacific. Bill and Isobel, seasoned ex-pats help Bluey fit in to a privileged world of parties, dances and sport. However, the underbelly of island life soon draws him in. Bluey struggles to understand the horrors left behind after the Japanese occupation, the rising fear of communism, and the appalling conditions of the Native and Chinese workers. All this is overseen by the white Colonial power brutalising the land for Phosphate: the new gold. Isobel has her own demons and watches as Bill battles to keep growing unrest at bay. Drinking and gambling are rife. As racial tensions spill over causing a trail of violence, bloodshed and murder, Bluey is forced to face the most difficult choices of his life.
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After years in the corporate world, S.C Karakaltsas published her first historical novel, inspired by true events on Ocean Island in 1948, called Climbing the Coconut Tree in February 2016. Soon after her short story, 'The Surprise' was shortlisted for the Lane Cove Literary Awards in October 2016. Writing is now her passion. Her book titled, "Out of Nowhere - A Collection of Short Stories," was published in May 2017. A second historical fiction novel called, ' A Perfect Stone,' is expected to be published in 2018. "Unpacking a box belonging to his late wife, an old man discovers her diary and a small stone which triggers an avalanche of secrets and memories of a forced trek across the mountains of Northern Greece during the Greek Civil War." Say hello at https://sckarakaltsas.wordpress.com