{"id":132268,"date":"2020-10-20T11:12:39","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T00:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/?p=132268"},"modified":"2020-10-20T11:12:41","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T00:12:41","slug":"review-dark-side-of-the-harbour-by-jennifer-bacia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2020\/10\/20\/review-dark-side-of-the-harbour-by-jennifer-bacia\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Dark Side of the Harbour by Jennifer Bacia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/dark-side-of-the-harbour-jennifer-bacia\/book\/9781925995138.html?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=review_dark_side_of_the_harbour\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"665\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DarkSideoftheHarbour-Blog.png\" alt=\"Dark Side of the Harbour\" class=\"wp-image-132282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DarkSideoftheHarbour-Blog.png 665w, https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DarkSideoftheHarbour-Blog-300x135.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Dark Side of the Harbour<\/em> is a stunning historical novel about two young women who bond as David Jones shop-floor colleagues in the Swinging 1960s, and everything that came afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"attachment_132274\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/dark-side-of-the-harbour-jennifer-bacia\/book\/9781925995138.html?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=review_dark_side_of_the_harbour\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-132274\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-132274\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/jen-b1-250x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Bacia\" width=\"200\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-132274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Bacia<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Though different in personality and outlook, Rose and Margot become fast friends, having both come to Sydney from out of town, keen to forge new independent lives. In a caf\u00e9 in cosmopolitan Kings Cross they meet two sophisticated Europeans, Polish immigrants and former soldiers, Stefan and Josef, who had escaped post-War Europe equally intent on seeking fresh starts and better lives. Representing totally different worlds, the two pairs are nonetheless drawn to each other and \u2013 one way or another \u2013 would forever remain part of each other\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Cleverly told in a dual narrative, their story jumps forward to the world of the 1980s, painted by Bacia with equally evocative detail. Though still firm friends, Rose and Margot\u2019s lives have gone in vastly different directions, each deeply affected by separate tragedies that neither of them could have imagined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A popular television investigative reporting program decides to delve into a questionable murder investigation that had scandalised the affluent Northern Beaches suburbs 20 years earlier. As the dogged reporter begins to uncover long-held secrets, the unanswered questions in the lives of our four protagonists are ultimately and satisfyingly answered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reminiscent of Madeleine St. John\u2019s classic <em>The Women in Black<\/em>, <em>Dark Side of the Harbour<\/em> equally brings to life the vastly different world of 1960s Australian society and its attitudes &#8211; which, with 21st century eyes, we now find so shocking &#8211; to immigrants, marriage, class and the role of women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a suspenseful, riveting tale of resilience, determination and the bonds of friendship that will, no doubt, be universally enjoyed and applauded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8212;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/dark-side-of-the-harbour-jennifer-bacia\/book\/9781925995138.html?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=review_dark_side_of_the_harbour\">Dark Side of the Harbour<\/a><\/em> by Jennifer Bacia (Booktopia Editions) is out now.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;A suspenseful, riveting tale of resilience, determination and the bonds of friendship.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":132279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[6678],"tags":[12012,7161,12013,4484],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DarkSideoftheHarbour-Social.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132268"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132268"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132287,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132268\/revisions\/132287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}