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Chasing the Horizon by Di Morrissey weaves a tale of family history, secrets, and adventure, journeying from the Adelaide Hills to a wild, little-known land. This is master storyteller Morrissey's stunning 32nd novel. In 1912, Dora Thompson leaves Sydney to take up a role in New...
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Chasing the Horizon by Di Morrissey weaves a tale of family history, secrets, and adventure, journeying from the Adelaide Hills to a wild, little-known land. This is master storyteller Morrissey's stunning 32nd novel.
In 1912, Dora Thompson leaves Sydney to take up a role in New Guinea as a governess. Instead, she finds herself without work and stranded, until she meets an intriguing group of German and English residents who have made New Guinea their home. As she enters their extraordinary world, the shadow of war falls over the German-controlled island, changing all their lives.
Over a century later, filmmaker Chloe arrives in the Adelaide Hills to retrace her family history and make a feature film, inspired by her great-grandmother Dora's writings about her life. Little does she know how her own life will change.
Separated by generations, Chloe discovers that she and Dora share a daring search for purpose, independence, and happiness in the most unexpected of places...
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ISBN: 9781761779053
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 December 2026
Country: Australia
Imprint: Macmillan Australia
DIMENSIONS
Width: 154.0mm
Height: 233.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 384
About the Author
Di Morrissey AM is one of the most successful and prolific authors Australia has ever produced, publishing thirty-one bestselling novels. She trained as a journalist, working in newspapers, magazines, television, film, theatre and advertising around the world. Her fascination with different countries, their cultural, political and environmental issues, has been the catalyst for her novels, which are all inspired by a particular landscape. In 2017, in recognition of her achievements, Di was inducted into the Australian Book Industry Awards Hall of Fame with the prestigious Lloyd O'Neil Award. In 2019, she was made a Member of the Order of Australia.
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