The Songmaster

Name: The Songmaster
Brand: Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd
SKU: 9780330424561
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By Di Morrissey

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In The Songmaster, a baby girl abandoned in Melbourne’s Victorian Art Gallery and wrapped in a shawl linked to ancient Kimberley rock art becomes the centre of a gripping tale. Across the globe in Los Angeles, a movie producer’s ailing daughter is plagued by haunting nightmares after visiting the Kimberley. When ex-nun Beth Van Horton leads a group of travellers to this remote Australian region, their lives intertwine with the land’s ancient treasures and the powerful secrets of its people, revealing mysteries that could hold the key to humanity’s future.
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In Melbourne, a baby girl is found abandoned in the Victorian Art Gallery. She is wrapped in a shawl decorated with a motif that links her to ancient rock paintings in the Kimberley.

In Los Angeles, a movie producer's dying daughter is haunted by nightmares after visiting the Kimberley. And it is to the Kimberley that ex-nun Beth Van Horton brings a disparate group of travellers whose lives will be changed forever.

The Kimberley—a land that cradles Australia's ancient treasures—is also home to a people whose powerful secrets could unlock the future for modern mankind.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780330424561

Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 November 2008

Country: Australia

Imprint: Pan Australia

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 35.0mm

Width: 132.0mm

Height: 201.0mm

Weight: 381g

Pages: 492

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Di Morrissey Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction

About the Author

Di Morrissey is one of Australia's most popular female novelists. Di's novels, The Valley, The Reef, Barra Creek, Kimberley Sun, The Bay, Blaze, Scatter the Stars, The Songmaster, When the Singing Stops, Tears of the Moon, The Last Mile Home, Follow the Morning Star, The Last Rose of Summer and Heart of the Dreaming are all bestsellers. Di divides her time between Byron Bay and the Manning Valley in NSW.

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