During World War 2 in Melbourne, Australia, Anne Preston, a naïve teenager employed in a laboratory that is critical to the production of tools of war, becomes embroiled in the espionage and intrigue which successfully sabotages this branch of the war effort. Closely associated with members of the then-illegal Communist Party, she is compelled to confront opposing beliefs and ideals and to ask questions rarely contemplated by previous generations of young Australians.
Fay is the story of a committed teacher and his disturbed student. Set in a segregated facility in an isolated rural community, it is closely based on factual people and events. Taking place in the mid-1970’s, and exposing ugly truths, Fay draws the reader into complexities of the recent past which provoke reflection on new millennium educational and social policy.
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