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One mistake can change a life forever.
Zoe is living a conventional suburban life in Fremantle. She works,
she gardens and she loves her supportive husband Archie and their three
children. But the arrival of a new woman into her son Daniel's life
unsettles Zoe. Suddenly she is feeling angry and hurt, and is lashing
out at those closest to her.
In Sussex, England, Julia is feeling nostalgic as she nurses her
best friend through the last painful stages of cancer. Her enthusiastic
but dithering husband Tom is trying to convince Julia to slow down.
Although she knows Tom means well, Julia cannot help but feel
frustrated that he is pushing her into old age before she is ready. But
she knows she is lucky to have him. She so nearly didn't...
These two women's lives have been shaped by the decisions they made
back in 1968 – when they were young, idealistic and naive. In a world
that was a whirl of politics and protest, consciousness raising and
sexual liberation, Zoe and Julia were looking for love, truth and their
own happy endings. They soon discover that life is rarely that simple,
as their bad behaviour leads them down paths that they can never turn
back from.
About The Author
Liz Byrski was born and brought up in England and has lived in
Western Australia since 1981. She is the author of a number of
non-fiction books, and has worked as a staff and freelance journalist,
a broadcaster with ABC Radio and an adviser to a minister in the WA
Government. Liz now lectures in professional writing at Curtin
University. She is also the author of
Gang of Four;
Food, Sex and Money;
Belly
Dancing for Beginners and
Trip of a Lifetime.
