The Opal Desert

Author(s): Di Morrissey

Fiction

From Australia's favourite storyteller with new novel Arcadia out soon.Kerrie, in her 40s, has just lost her famous sculptor husband who had been the centre of her existence and for whom she sacrificed her own art career. Now she needs to find the courage to rekindle her dreams.Shirley, approaching 80, believes she was betrayed by her lover many years ago and has retreated from the world, becoming a recluse living in an underground dugout. Her new friends cause her to reassess what she's done with her life.Anna, 20, has a promising athletic career but is torn between the commitment to her sport, which could carry her to the Olympics, and the other challenges in her life. Will running away solve her problems?The friendship that develops between these three women who meet in the strangely beautiful but desolate landscape of Opal Lake helps them deal with the next stage of their lives.


Product Information

Di Morrissey is Australia's most popular female novelist. Di's previous novels, The Plantation, The Silent Country, The Islands, Monsoon, The Valley, The Reef, Barra Creek, Kimberley Sun, The Bay, Blaze, Scatter the Stars, The Songmaster, When the Singing Stops, Tears of the Moon, The Last Mile Home, Follow the Morning Star, The Last Rose of Summer and Heart of the Dreaming have all been bestsellers.

General Fields

  • : 9781742610351
  • : Pan Macmillan Australia
  • : Macmillan Australia
  • : 0.504
  • : October 2011
  • : 233mm X 154mm X 30mm
  • : Australia
  • : July 2011
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Di Morrissey
  • : Paperback
  • : 1111
  • : 823.3
  • : 414