Jessica

by Bryce Courtenay

  Bryce Courtenay’s classic bestseller is a story of the triumph of the human spirit — a spellbinding tale for all ages

  TANDIA

  Tandia was overwrought, sitting in the front row of the boxing ring, before the fight began between the man she loved the most and the man she hated the most in the world.

  Tandia is a child of all Africa: half Indian, half African, beautiful and intelligent, she is only sixteen when she is first brutalised by the police. Her fear of the white man leads her to join the black resistance movement, where she trains as a terrorist.

  Joining her in the fight for justice is the one white man Tandia can trust, the welterweight champion of the world, Peekay. Now the man she loves most must fight their common enemy in order to save both their lives.

  A compelling story of good and evil from Australia’s most popular storyteller, Bryce Courtenay

  THE POTATO FACTORY

  Always leave a little salt on the bread ...

  Ikey Solomon’s favourite saying is also his way of doing business. And in the business of thieving in thriving nineteenth-century London, he’s very successful indeed. Ikey’s partner in crime is his mistress, the forthright Mary Abacus, until misfortune befalls them. They are parted and each must make the harsh journey separately to the convict settlement in Van Diemen’s Land.

  In the backstreets and dives of Hobart Town, Mary learns the art of brewing and builds The Potato Factory, where she plans a new future. But her ambitions are threatened by Ikey’s wife, Hannah, her old enemy. The two women raise their separate families, one legitimate and the other bastard. As each woman sets out to destroy the other, the families are brought to the brink of disaster.

  A thrilling tale of Australia’s beginnings, told by master storyteller Bryce Courtenay

  TOMMO & HAWK

  Brutally kidnapped and separated in childhood, Tommo and Hawk are reunited at the age of fifteen in Hobart Town. Together, they escape their troubled pasts and set off on a journey into manhood. From whale hunting in the Pacific to the Maori wars of New Zealand, from the Rocks in Sydney to the miners’ riots at the goldfields, Tommo and Hawk must learn each other’s strengths and weaknesses in order to survive.

  Along the way, Hawk meets the outrageous Maggie Pye, who brings love and laughter into his life. But the demons of Tommo’s past return to haunt the brothers. With Tommo at his side, Hawk takes on a fight against all odds to save what they cherish most. In the final confrontation between good and evil, three magpie feathers become the symbol of Tommo and Hawk’s rites of passage.

  An epic tale of adventure and romance from Australia’s bestselling author, Bryce Courtenay

  SOLOMON’S SONG

  The rivalry between our two families has gone on for two generations — must we take it into a third?

  This is the story of two families — branches of the Solomons — transported to an alien land, both of whom eventually grow rich and powerful but who, through three generations, never for one moment relinquish their hatred for each other. It is also the story of our country from the beginning until we came of age as a nation.