Jack and Kate

Dianne is one of Australias most beloved writers of womens fiction and if you havent yet read any of her books youre in for a special treat. -- Liane Moriarty Its 1980 and Kathryn Rowland is young and ambitious. She has precise plans drawn out for her future and no one -- not demanding parents nor romantic entanglements -- is going to get in her way. But then she meets Jack Gallagher. As one of the top fashion photographers in the country Jack knows all about ambition but hes become bored with the picture-perfect women who surround him and he finds himself enchanted by independent Kate. So how did they end up almost a decade later estranged still nursing long held pain and regret? How did Jack find her and what does he want with her son? As family secrets are revealed and lies -- so many lies -- unravel a tragedy brings them once again into each others orbit. Set against the backdrop of Sydney in the 1980s the fashion houses of Paris strife-torn Ethiopia and all the way back to a house overlooking the beach on the picturesque south coast Jack and Kate is a captivating tale of first love and second chances told with Dianne Blacklocks trademark warmth and humour.