The captivating new novel from the author of Those Hamilton Sisters and The Girls of Lake EvelynIn the 1960s, a tropical island in the Coral Sea hides dark secrets behind its primordial beauty. Thalia - Tally - Ramsey has grown up barefoot, wild and free on the island purchased by her maternal grandfather.
But when she realises she can't marry a man she doesn't love, she flees, with the help of her Uncle Felix, to a small town in Tropical North Queensland. Hidden away in a secluded lodge, Vivienne spends her days swimming in the beautiful lake nearby and getting to know kind Owen Monash, her only neighbour for miles.
It is now 1955 and following her death, her daughters, the Hamilton sisters, have come to make the town their home.Sonnet, at twenty years old, has never set foot in Noah Vale, but has been the talk of the town for decades.
Die Handlung entfaltet sich vor der atemberaubenden Kulisse Australiens und thematisiert intensive emotionale Erlebnisse. Die Protagonisten navigieren durch leidenschaftliche Beziehungen und persönliche Herausforderungen, während sie die Schönheit und Wildheit der australischen Landschaft erleben. Diese Verbindung zwischen Natur und Gefühlen verstärkt die dramatischen Wendungen der Geschichte und lädt die Leser ein, die tiefen menschlichen Emotionen in einem faszinierenden Setting zu erkunden.