Amanda Hampson at Umina Library

Umina Library hosts Amanda Hampson on the final day of Library and Information Week celebrations. Amanda's latest release is 'Sixty Summers'. This 'sliding-door' novel is the story of three friends about to turn sixty embarking on a journey to retrace their footprints by backpacking around Europe.

Amanda Hampson grew up in rural New Zealand. She spent her early twenties travelling, finally settling in Australia in 1979 where she now lives in Sydney's Northern Beaches. Writing professionally for more than 20 years, she is the author of two non-fiction books, numerous articles and novels The Olive Sisters, Two for the Road, The French Perfumer and The Yellow Villa.

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