Di Morrissey — The Red Coast

Pan Macmillan 2017 Hardback, 384pp. The latest story in an ancient landscape from Australia's favourite storyteller with the new novel Before the Storm out now. Di Morrissey returns to the red earth of the Kimberley with a passionate story of resistance and resilience under its soaring blue skies. After the upheaval which separated Jacqui Bouchard from her beloved son, she has finally settled in Broome, a magical remote town on the northwest coast of Australia. But when a proposed mining development is unveiled, the town begins to tear itself apart. Rifts run deep, as friends, families and lovers are faced with a battle that could change their lives irrevocably. As everyone takes sides, Jacqui confronts her own to stay or leave? Who to trust. Who to love? Large; DJ. (ISBN: 9781925481549). Good.