Grace's Cottage
Description
A cottage, a secret and a betrayal.
For Jennifer Hale, with a rebel sister and ailing mother, a cottage in the small Australian country town of Bundilla holds the key to a dream. Or more correctly her mother's wish, after years of living in church manses as a minister's wife, for a home of her own.
For city architect, Sam Keats, his aunt's cottage with its treasure of old letters and diaries unlocks a mystery stretching back to the Vietnam war, exposing long held family secrets and a betrayal of promises.
From Australia to America and Asia, Jennifer and Sam must each confront their own ideals and personal issues to find the courage to open their hearts enough to build a possible future together.
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Person
As a child, I was always creating and scribbling. The first typewriter I used was an old black Remington in an agricultural farming office where my father worked. I typed letters to my mother and took them home.
These days, both my early planning and plotting, and my first drafts, I write sometimes by hand on A4 notepads or directly onto my laptop, constantly rewriting as I go.
I have been fortunate enough to have extensively travelled but have lived my whole life in the Wimmera plains of Victoria, Australia.
I live on acreage in a passive solar designed home, surrounded by an Australian native bush garden. When I'm not in my office writing (yes, I have a room to myself with a door - every author's dream), I love reading, crocheting rugs, watercolour painting and playing music on my electronic keyboard.
