Dimensions
129 x 200 x 12mm
'Friendship is a slippery notion. We lose friends as we change and our friends don't, or as we form other alliances, as we betray our friends or are ourselves betrayed . . .'
In the pearling town of Broome, against the backdrop of World War II, a young man and a young woman fall in love. Hart is the son of a pearling master, Mitsy the daughter of a Japanese diver. Can their love survive as Japan enters the War and Mitsy encounters prejudice and hate?
In this beautifully written novel, Gary Disher evokes a war-devastated Australia and its effect on young adults forced to leave their childhood behind.
