Join internationally bestselling author Fiona McIntosh as she shares her new novel, The Orphans.
About this event
Orphan Fleur Appleby is adopted by a loving undertaker and his wife, and she quickly develops a special gift for helping bereaved families. Her ambition to be the first female mortician in the country is fuelled by her plan to bring more women into the male dominated funeral industry.
Raised in the outback of South Australia’s Flinders Rangers, Tom Catchlove is faced with a life-changing tragedy as a young boy. He works hard but dreams big, striving for a future as a wool classer.
A chance encounter between two children will change the course of their lives.
By adulthood Fleur finds herself fighting for the survival of the family’s business, while her widowed father drinks away generations of prosperity and a new, conniving stepmother wants Fleur gone. When Tom emerges from the isolation of the desert to find new work at the port woolstores, his path crosses with Fleur’s again – only to be caught up in a murder investigation, in which they can only trust each other.
Join internationally bestselling author Fiona McIntosh as she shares her new novel, The Orphans, an unforgettable story about a unique bond between two children that will echo down the years, and teach them both about the real meaning of life, of loss, and of love.
Books will be available for purchase on the day from Dymocks Brisbane, or bring a copy from home to be signed.
Presented as part of the Lord Mayor's Writers in Residence series.
The highly anticipated new historical adventure by the bestselling author of The Spy's Wife.