by DIMORRISSEY
‘I was the last mystery buyer. I was just waiting for the right time to give it to you. Welcome home, Queenie.’
Epilogue
Millie was dusting the small walnut table in the upper hall when she picked up the silver framed photograph.
Queenie and TR smiled at her, their faces aglow, arms linked, joy radiating from the coloured photograph. Queenie held a bouquet of freesias, wattle and jasmine and she was wearing the silvery gown and opal necklace she’d worn at her twenty-first birthday party. This time her hair was coiled elegantly atop her head, crowned by a wreath of dainty flowers and ferns.
‘Ah, Queenie, you looked no different on your wedding day than the day you two met … seventeen years ago.’ Millie sighed nostalgically.
‘Milleeeee …’ Ruthie’s call echoed up the sweeping Tingulla staircase.
Millie headed downstairs, the dust rag wiping the banister as she went. ‘What’s up, Ruthie?’
‘A letter for you from Saskia at her school.’
‘Oh, she’s a good girl,’ smiled Millie, sitting down in the middle of the stairs to open the letter.
‘What does she say?’ Ruthie sat beside her.
‘She says she’s writing this in boring old science class …’ began Millie with a laugh.
The two dark heads, one now specked with grey, bent over the page covered by the sprawling writing. Above their heads hung the portrait of Rose — back in its place once more. To one side now hung another painting — of Patrick on horseback. The two pictures seemed to beam down upon the peaceful scene below.
In the far saddling yards TR and Tango were breaking a colt, TR showing his son the gentle skill which had made him such a master.
Further away, Queenie rode beside Snowy.
They reined in their horses at the crest of the small rise overlooking Tingulla homestead and the creek with the blue hills shimmering in the distance.
Queenie patted Nareedah. ‘Well done, not bad for an old lady.’ She gazed over her land spread before her. ‘It’s so beautiful. It’s good to be home.’
‘I always knew you’d come back, Queenie. This is where you belong.’
‘Your home too, Snowy.’
The old Aborigine looked into the distance, his eyes seeing through time. ‘More than home. This our Dreaming place.’
Queenie leaned down and undid the small buckle on her saddle bag. ‘You’ve been Tingulla’s spiritual guardian, Snowy.’
She took the small song stick from the bag, turning it over in her hands, looking at the abstract pattern of lines burned into the wood. She handed it to Snowy, remembering the day he had given it to her when she and Saskia had driven away from Tingulla. ‘This brought me back to my Dreaming. Now it should come back to you.’ She handed the sacred totem to him.
Nodding to himself, Snowy put it in his shirt pocket and patted it. ‘We safe now.’
Together the horses trotted back down the hill as a magpie sang in the distance, rippling scales of contentment that drifted towards the bright blue sky.
Di Morrissey
The Last Rose of Summer
Following the success of Di Morrissey’s first novel, Heart of the Dreaming, comes another stunning saga – the compelling story of two beautiful and remarkable women …
Kate, a strong-willed heiress determined to defy
Edwardian convention …
Odette, a fiercely independent and idealistic young journalist …
Years apart yet inextricably linked by Zanana, the magnificent mansion they both love …
From turn of the century India to contemporary Sydney, The Last Rose of Summer is a spellbinding saga of love, possession and intrigue, a story of bitter struggle and jealousy … of two women connected across the decades by the men who love them … and the magic of Zanana.
Di Morrissey
Follow the Morning Star
QUEENIE AND TR RETURN IN DI MORRISSEY’S BLOCKBUSTING SEQUEL TO HEART OF THE DREAMING.
Queenie Hanlon has a perfect life.
She’s the mother of two adoring children, the wealthy owner of a thriving outback station and the lover of handsome bushman TR Hamilton.
Then one day when TR is seriously injured in a riding accident Queenie’s perfect life suddenly comes crashing down…
Her bitter and vengeful brother returns from Italy to lay claim to his inheritance.
Her precious daughter is seduced by her uncle into giving up all she’s strived for.
And her beloved TR can no longer recall the life they once shared.
Once before Queenie Hanlon was robbed of everything she ever loved … surely it can’t happen all over again?
Di Morrissey
The Last Mile Home
FROM ONE OFAUSTRALIA’S FINEST STORYTELLERS COMES A CLASSIC LOVE STORY THAT WILL REMAIN IN YOUR HEART FOREVER …
It is 1953 in a small country town in Australia, a time of postwar prosperity and hope.
The Holtens are wealthy austere graziers who have lived on the land for generations. The McBrides are a large and loving shearer’s family who are new arrivals in the district.
When the McBrides’ eldest daughter falls in love with the Holtens’ only son and heir, the barriers to their love seem overwhelming.
But in the end, their love triumphs even over tragedy … and hope and joy are their enduring legacy.
The Last Mile Home is an unforgettable story to touch the heart of every Australian.
Di Morrissey
Tears of the Moon
Two inspiring journeys
Two unforgettable women
One amazing story …
Broome, Australia 1893
It’s the wild and passionate heyday of the pearling industry, and when young English bride Olivia Hennessy meets the dashing pearling master Captain Tyndail, their lives are destined to be linked by the mysterious power of pearls.
Sydney 1995
Lily Barton embarks on a search for her family roots which leads her to Broome. But her quest for identity reveals more than she could have ever imagined …
TEARS OF THE MOON IS THE STUNNING NEW BESTSELLER FROM AUSTRALIA’S MOST POPULAR FEMALE NOVELIST
‘… a sprawling saga … skilfully atmospheric’
THE BULLETIN
