She closes her eyes, trying to remember more perfectly, trying to get the smell and the feel of that one afternoon clear in her head.' Sam's life is haunted by the day that her mother inexplicably abandoned her at the beach, leaving her homeless at thirteen. One minute she was surfing the pure, clean waves, and the next she was completely on her own. Years later, Sam has created a life for herself by the sea with her partner Em. When a coma patient is brought to the hospital where Sam works, she believes the woman to be her mother. Before she can discover the truth, she must unravel her own memories of that traumatic day. The True Green of Hope is a provocative novel about the natures of love, memory and belonging.
Paperback re-issue of novel delving into the psyche of a woman unable to escape domestic abuse - first from her father then from a partner who alternates between ferocious protection and vicious physical abuse. Traces her journey from her frustrating passivity to her emerging strength, but in the end she remains unable to protect her infant daughter. Author won the 2000 Queensland Premier's Literary Award for best manuscript from an emerging Queensland writer.
This stunning picture book invites the reader to fly with birds and angels, float with clouds and balloons, to change colours, blow breezes and stir up storms. Ages 3+.
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