The Silent Kookaburra

All eleven-year-old Tanya Randall wants is a happy family. But Mum does nothing besides housework Dads always down the pub and Nanna Purvis moans at everyone except her dog. Then Shelley arrives -- the miracle baby who fuses the Randall family in love for their little gumnut blossom.Tanyas life gets even better when she meets an uncle she didnt know she had. He tells her shes beautiful and could be a model. Her family refuses to talk about him. But thats okay its their little secret.Then one blistering summer day tragedy strikes and the surrounding mystery and suspicion tear apart this fragile family web.Embracing the social changes of 1970s Australia against a backdrop of native fauna and flora The Silent Kookaburra is a haunting exploration of the blessings curses and tyranny of memory.Unsettling psychological suspense blending the intensity of Wally Lamb with the atmosphere of Peter James this story will get under your skin.