Fiona Preston

Beneath the Wild Fig Tree (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

'An engrossing and vivid novel brimming with compassion for nature.' Anna Iltnere, The Sea Library Magazine.

An Australian family drama unfolds across a Bass Strait island, Sydney, Adelaide and Hobart. There is betrayal but it's not clear who should be forgiven and who should forgive.

Wheeler relishes freedom, music and the sea. Freya is engrossed with the past, and Nicky takes solace in nature, believing parents should never be trusted as she adapts to a remote island raucous with birdlife. Disaster might have begun with a leaf slowly falling in 1984, but a fateful phone call in 2000 will challenge her perspective on the past and her relationship with her mother.

Beneath the Wild Fig Tree interweaves these two transformative years into a kaleidoscopic coming of age story that explores the complexities of relationships, the interplay of grief, happiness, transience and interconnectedness, while celebrating the luminosity of the natural world.

This is a novel that will particularly appeal to readers who enjoy strong characters, a hint of intrigue, the tang of the ocean and a vibrant sense of place.

'In my 20+ years as an editor, I've rarely seen such talent from a new writer.' Jessica Perini

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wild Mind Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781763588639
• Artikelnr.: 72381519

Autorenporträt

Fiona Preston was born in South Africa but has spent most of her life in Australia, specifically in Tasmania, where this novel was substantially written. She has also lived in the Kimberley, Western Australia and in New South Wales. She has blogged about exploring coastlines and has been published in local publications. She has worked as a cook in an exploration camp on a remote Australian cattle station, as a bookseller, librarian and as a counsellor and in her spare time enjoys anything and everything to do with coastlines and the sea.