The China Garden
By (Author) Kristina Olsson
University of Queensland Press
University of Queensland Press
2nd May 2011
Australia
General
Fiction
A823.4
Winner of Barbara Jefferis Award 2010
Paperback
288
Width 130mm, Height 197mm, Spine 22mm
270g
Over two hot weeks one summer, cracks emerge in the veneer of a small coastal town. Laura has returned home for her mother's funeral after years in exile, only to discover her upbringing was based on a lie; elderly Cress, the moral compass of the community, conceals her own vices; while young Abby walks the streets, her bruises wrapped in baggy clothes. When a newborn baby is found abandoned in a backyard, this dramatic event pierces the lives of these three very different women. But it is gentle Kieran, an unlikely guardian, who knows their secrets and watches over them. As their lives collide, what is buried can no longer remain hidden. The China Garden is a captivating story about betrayal and its echoes across generations.
Kristina Olsson is the author of the novel In One Skin and the biography Kilroy Was Here.