Paper Daisies (38 page)
Authors: Kim Kelly
About Kim Kelly
Kim Kelly lives and writes in a large shed on a small property just outside the heritage town of Millthorpe in the Central West of New South Wales.
Paper Daises
is her fourth novel.
Also by Kim Kelly
Black Diamonds
This Red Earth
The Blue Mile
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The Blue Mile
As 1929 draws to a close, IrishâAustralian Eoghan O'Keenan flees his abusive family home, gets a job on the Harbour Bridge, and embarks on a new life in Balmain.
In her cottage on the north side of Sydney at Lavender Bay, the chic and smart Olivia Greene is working on her latest millinery creations, dreaming of becoming the next Coco Chanel.
A chance meeting between them in the Botanic Gardens sparks an unconventional romance. But with vastly different backgrounds and absolutely nothing in common, the blue mile of harbour separating Olivia and Eoghan is the least of the obstacles that threaten their love.
By mid-1932, the construction of the Bridge is complete, but the city is in chaos as the Great Depression begins to bite and the unemployed edge ever closer to a violent revolt.
And then Eoghan disappears.
Set against the spectacular backdrop of Sydney Harbour,
The Blue Mile
is a tale of both the wild and calculated gambles a city took to build a wonder of the world, and of the marvellous risks some people are willing to take for the love of a lifetime.
This Red Earth
It's 1939, another war in Europe. And Bernie Cooper is wondering what's ahead for her.
She knows Gordon Brock is about to propose. An honest country boy and graduating geologist, he's a good catch. And she's going to say no.
But the harsh realities of war have other plans for Bernie, and once her father is commissioned to serve again, she accepts Gordon's proposal mostly to please her adored dad. And with Gordon off to New Guinea she'll be glad of the reprieve from walking down the aisle, won't she?
As Gordon braces for the Japanese invasion of Rabaul, Bernie is in the midst of the battle being fought on home soil â against the worst drought in living memory, the menace of an unseen enemy, and against the unspeakable torment of not knowing if those dear to her are alive or dead.
From the beaches of Sydney to the dusty heart of the continent,
This Red Earth
is as much a love letter to the country, with all its beauty and terror, as it is an intimate portrait of love itself.
Black Diamonds
Available as an ebook
From the foothills of the Blue Mountains to the battlefields of France,
Black Diamonds
is a love story to make you laugh and cry.
It is 1914 and Lithgow is booming. Daniel is a young GermanâAustralian, a coalminer and a socialist; Francine is the bourgeois, IrishâCatholic, too-good-for-this-place daughter of one of the mine's owners. When their paths collide, they fall in love despite themselves â raising eyebrows all around town.
But before the signatures on their marriage certificate are dry, war erupts, confronting them with a new and much more terrifying obstacle. Against his principles but driven by a sense of solidarity, Daniel enlists; Francine, horrified, has no choice but to support him.
As they hurtle towards a daunting world of war, separation and grief, they learn things about themselves and one another that they would never have expected in more certain times â about heroism, sacrifice, the thin line between courage and stupidity, and, most of all, about the magical power of love.
First published 2015 in Macmillan by Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Limited
1 Market Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2000
Copyright © 2015 Kim Kelly
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EPUB format: 9781743536636
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Cover design by Nada Backovic
Cover images: Woman, © Malgorzata Maj / Arcangel Images; daisies, © Shutterstock; background texture, istockphoto
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