Book Launch: The Lyrebird Lake Ladies Choir
Event description
Sandie Docker returns to Harry Hartog Warringah for the official launch her 6th book, The Lyrebird Lake Ladies Choir.
Come and join in the celebrations as writer and host of Talking Aussie Books, Claudine Tinellis, chats with Sandie about her latest heart-wrenching, heart-warming tale.
Books will be available for purchase, and Sandie will be happy to sign your copy. Light refreshments will also be served.
About the Book:
‘A choir wasn’t about a single voice. It was about blend, complementing each other. It was about . . . belonging.’
Sisters Eleanor and Maggie have been running the Lyrebird Lake Ladies Choir for fifteen years. It has become a haven for the lost and lonely women who have found their home in the stately federation house by the lake. When Eleanor enters the choir into the All Voices Championship, it offers them all a chance to make up for lost dreams. Single mum Hannah arrives in Lyrebird Lake, homeless after being widowed and hoping for a new start with her son. With her angelic voice, Hannah could give the choir a winning edge. But when Eleanor hears her singing a long-forgotten lullaby, she is transported to her past, a traumatic time when two teenage girls were banished from their Irish homeland to a faraway country.
Will Hannah's arrival mend old wounds, or will the secret she unknowingly carries tear the sisters apart?
A lyrical, deeply moving story of facing secrets, finding your way back home, and the power of discovering your voice.
About Sandie:
Sandie Docker grew up in Coffs Harbour, and first fell in love with reading when her father introduced her to fantasy books as a teenager.
Her love of women’s fiction began when she first read Jane Austen for the HSC, but it wasn't until she was taking a translation course at university that her Mandarin lecturer suggested she might have a knack for writing – a seed of an idea that sat quietly in the back of her mind while she lived overseas and travelled the world.
Sandie first decided to put pen to paper (yes, she writes the old-fashioned way when she can before hitting a keyboard) when living in London.
She is the author of six heart-wrenching and uplifting stories of love, loss, family and small country towns.
Living in Sydney with her husband and daughter, she writes every day, and is the founder and director of the Northern Beaches Readers Festival.
About Claudine:
Claudine is a Sydney-based writer and the editor of Coastal Chef: Culinary Art of Seaweed & Algae in the 21st Century (Harbour Publishing House, 2014).
She is currently working on her debut novel and since 2018 has hosted and produced popular podcast Talking Aussie Books where she interviews Australian authors about their novels.
Through her podcast and memberships of Writing NSW, the Australian Society of Authors and Romance Writers of Australia, Claudine has established a wide-reaching network of readers and writers on the Australian publishing scene and understands the ever-increasing desire for Australian readers to connect with local authors.
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