The Banksia Bay Beach Shack

by Sandie Docker

  ‘The best of the best of heart-wrenching yarns . . .’

  Women’s Day

  THE PAST

  For Hattie, the café has been her refuge for the last fifty years – her second chance at a happy ending after her dreams of being a star were shattered. But will the ghosts of her past succeed in destroying everything she’s worked so hard to build?

  THE PRESENT

  For Alice, the café is her livelihood. After Hattie took her in as a teenager, Alice has slowly forged a quiet life as the café’s manager (and chief cupcake baker). But with so many tragedies behind her, is it too late for Alice’s story to have a happy ending?

  THE FUTURE

  For Becca, a teenager in trouble, the café could be the new start she yearns for. That is, if she can be persuaded to stop running from her secrets. Can Becca find a way to believe in the kindness of strangers, and accept that this small town could be the place where she finally belongs?

  One small town. Three lost women. And a lifetime of secrets.

  ‘Docker soars from the absolute heart, as she rebuilds all our lost souls in a café to call home.’

  Australian Women’s Weekly

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  First published by Michael Joseph in 2020

  Text copyright © Sandie Docker 2020

  The moral right of the author has been asserted.

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  Cover design by Laura Thomas © Penguin Random House Australia Pty Ltd

  Cover illustrations: (banksias) Anastasia Lembrik/Shutterstock.com; (van) krisArt/Shutterstock.com; (seashells) Jenny Klein/Shutterstock.com

  ISBN 9781760890360

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