Between Water and the Night Sky

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A hauntingly beautiful love story about the ties that bind from awardwinning author, Simone Lazaroo. Elspeth is full of inexpressible longings- to leave behind her beginnings in a small wheatbelt town, and a secret she scarcely comprehends. After migrating from Singapore, Francis just wants to make a life for himself that is not determined by the colour of his skin or the judgement of others. Told by their only child, Eva, this is a novel about falling in love, and falling apart - the beautiful, sad story of a shared history that never ends.

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"A stunningly wise and tender memoir of migration, and a mothers quiet rebuilding of her early life in old age. Lovingly conceived, and written with wisdom and tenderness. I loved it." -- Liz Byrski
"A tender memorial to a mother who gave her daughter an understanding of hidden cruelties and the great gift of surmounting them." -- Brenda Walker
"This story will leave you with a renewed thirst for deepening connections with those you love. An astonishingly powerful work." -- Julienne van Loon

Author Bio

Simone Lazaroo was born in Singapore and migrated with her bicultural family to Western Australia when she was a young child. Her awardwinning novels and most of her short stories have explored individuals struggling for survival and meaning at the juncture of cultures. She has a PhD in Writing and is an honorary research fellow at Murdoch University, and has taught creative writing for sixteen years. Simone is currently mentoring emerging writers, working with a Spanish group researching cosmopolitanism in literature, and writing her next book. She lives near Fremantle, Western Australia.