“A celebration of the simplicity of a friendship and the balm it can be in the face of heartache and betrayal…”
Set beneath the Great Western Tiers of Tasmania, this intersecting story flows between 1953 and modern day.
Folk magazine writer Allira meets Nora – resident of the local aged-care facility living with dementia. Drawn to Nora, Allira starts to piece together the odd ramblings and the significance of the doll Nora lovingly tends to. But are the shards of conversation so random and unrelated? Allira sets about connecting the fragments of a lone woman in dementia care.
Allira grows to care deeply for Nora and her historical betrayals become a healing balm for Allira. A tender friendship forms and the missing pieces of Nora’s life mold and shape into place …just like the secrets of the lovingly crafted Huon Pine wrens’ shed light in the dark, hidden places of memory.
Mesmerising, sympathetic and sensitive. The Secrets Of The Huon Wren draw two women from two lifetimes to become ‘warp and weft’ for healing and resolution in their lives.
Penguin Australia
ISBN 9781761049279