The Three Sisters

In these twelve stories, we are taken back into history, forward to the future, and into the realms of imagination and the spirit world. Yet the author's feet remain firmly planted in the soil of her homeland, Australia. We relive the legends attached to features of the Australian landscape, discover the origins of the country's salty slang, and experience the endurance of the Gallipoli/Kokoda campaigns, so crucial to the nation's identity. But we also travel to the Deep South of America during the days of slavery, and to surreal locations such as a nomadic hotel run by bees and a country house where the classics of English drama and literature have become interwoven with a contemporary tale of a broken romance. Each story has an inspirational element that is sometimes overt, sometimes mystical, and this collection will long resonate in the minds of all readers, from older children to adults.