Dimensions
137 x 209 x 19mm
When Renata Ochiltree steps off a mountain into thin air, she is injured in both body and soul. Encased in plaster in her hospital bed, she grapples with an old love that she can't relinquish, and life in general, while her family members squabble at her bedside.
Deeply frustrated, she battles anger, humiliation and depression with an intensity that will lead to either emotional death or true survival. Resolution of this battle comes from an unexpected source.
Set in 1973, this story is based on actual events. That year, Sally Morrison, a scientist like Renata, fell from a mountain in Victoria's Cathedral Ranges. The world of 1973 is evoked, with the aftermath of Vietnam, the reforming progressive government of the day, genetic science in it infancy and the liberation of women like Renata, into property ownership and the professions.
