Kate and Harriet are best friends who are growing up together on an isolated Australian cape in the 1880s. As daughters of the lighthouse keepers, the two girls share everything, until a fisherman, McPhail, arrives in their small commmunity. When Kate witnesses the desire that flares between him and Harriet, she is torn by her feelings of envy and longing. Ultimately, a moment of skylarking in McPhail's hut will change the course of their lives forever.
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Harriet and Kate have always been best friends, running wild together around their lighthouse home. But now they are growing apart and Kate can't imagine her life without Harriet there.
This is a sumptuous book with elegant description of the Australian landscape and a delicate rendering of the awkward coming-of-age Kate is undergoing. Based on a tragic true story, Skylarking is one to look for. - Shannon (QBD)
Guest, 24/02/2019
