Dandelion Wishes

<p class=ql-align-center><strong>Choice is power and Coral has none.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>For nine-year-old Coral life revolves around her family. Dad says finding the old boarding house in Fitzroy is <em>fortuitous</em> given war is just around the corner. Coral doesn't know what that word means only that they're together. </p><p><br></p><p>But Melbourne in 1940 is anything but predictable and Coral and her brothers find themselves in the care of the Children's Welfare Department. </p><p><br></p><p>Separated from her family and classified as a ward of the state Coral comes of age within a regimented system operating under great strain. To break free she must reclaim her autonomy while surrounded by the procedures that daily decide her fate. </p><p><br></p><p>When lies and manipulation arise to destroy her dreams she calls on her new found determination to recover the child she birthed while in care and forge a future that goes way beyond childhood wishing.</p><p><br></p><p>Her plan works...</p><p>Until a telegram arrives that breaks her heart</p><p>but not her resolve.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>A compelling tale based on actual events from international award-winning author Lisa King.</p>