Stephanie Bishop

'Eventful, atmospheric, deliciously complex' New York Times 'Elegant and highly accomplished . . . dangerously readable . . . If only all novels were this engaging and this perceptive about human nature' The Guardian 'A literary potboiler about love, obsession, professional rivalry between intimates and the dilemmas confronting a female artist. Riveting' Sydney Morning Herald There were things that I...

profoundly moving ...a literary tour de force - Australian Women's Weekly the precision and flair of the writing is breathtaking - Weekend Australian an insightful, exquisitely observed novel - The Guardian CAMBRIDGE, 1963 Charlotte is struggling. With motherhood, with the changes marriage and parenthood bring, with losing the time and the energy to paint. Her husband, Henry, wants things to...

When Stella's father, Leon, disappears in September 2001, the police knock at her door. She baulks at their questions, not sure how to answer. 'What if I just write it down for you.' One summer, a long time ago, Stella sat watching her father cry while the sky clouded over. He had tried to make amends: for his failures, for...