Sunshine

A tale of longing loss and growing love under the bright Australian sun. Its 1921 and the Great War has left in its wake untold tragedy not only in lives lost but in the guilt of survivors the deep-set scars of old wounds and the sting of redoubled bigotries. In the tiny hamlet of Sunshine on the far-flung deserts edge three very different ex-servicemen - Jack Bell an Aboriginal horseman; Snow McGlynn a laconic curmudgeonly farmer; and Art Lovelee an eccentric engineer - find themselves sharing a finger of farmland along the Darling River and not much else. That is until Arts wife Grace a battle-hardened nurse gets to work on them all with her no-nonsense wisdom. Told with Kim Kellys inimitable wit and warmth Sunshine is a very Australian tale of home hope and healing of the power of growing life and love and discovering that we are each others greatest gifts. Praise for Kim Kelly colourful evocative and energetic - Sydney Morning Herald Kelly is a masterful creator of character and voice - Julian Leatherdale Why cant more people write like this? - The Age