Penguin Books Australia

'A heart-warming evocation of childhood during the Great Depression . . . I loved every page.'
BRYCE COURTENAY

A compelling saga of friendship love and survival

They came from the ruins of the war in Europe: Sarah Wiseman, the survivor of a German concentration camp, Michael and Helen Francis, a brother and sister fleeing from the Russians in Budapest, and Neil Latham, the young English soldier who broke the rules to help them all survive.   The four arrive in Australia seeking a new start in the lucky...

The First World War, everyone said in 1914, would be over by Christmas, and Stephen Conway rushes to enlist. Leaving behind a new wife and a baby on the way, he soon finds himself in the trenches of Gallipoli. Four horrific years later, Stephen is the only survivor of his platoon. Shell-shocked and disillusioned, and during the the heat of battle on the blood-stained fields of France, he mysteriously...

Senator William Patterson, wealthy and influential, hides a scandal form his past that could ruin him.   Stefan Muller, a young penniless immigrant, seeks a promised new life in a land that does not welcome him.   When the senator's cherished daughter Elizabeth falls in love with the impoverished Stefan, it creates a family conflict that threatens to destroy them.

'The master of the Australia historical blockbuster'.
DAILY TELEGRAPH

Daniel Johnson and Matthew Conway are currency lads – born and bred in the new land now being called Australia.   Closer than brothers, they harbour a secret that binds them for life.   But change is coming.   When the British government resolves to turn back the clock and renew convict transportation, Daniel...

A wartime story of love, courage and the ties that bind

Sam Delon is a young Frenchman born and raised in Japan.   Florence Carter has led a quiet and lonely life in her native Australia.   One meeting on a Sydney beach is enough to create a lasting bond between the unlikely pair – and enough to share a secret with the potential to transform Sam's life.

Young Katerina Vassos is full of hope and expectation when her boat pulls in to Sydney Harbour in the 1950s. She is soon devastated to learn that she's been abandoned by her mother. Together she and her father try to stay strong, but they struggle to be accepted in a strange and hostile new land.

Years on, now a beautiful and strong woman, Kate is swept into a passionate love affair, while the Vietnam...