Books@Stones event: A World of Silence by Jo Skinner

Join us at Books@Stones on 5 June for local author Jo Skinner in-conversation with Poppy Gee about her latest novel, A World of Silence. 

Three women. Three Secrets. A deadly silence.

Kate is a psychologist juggling work, finances, children and her ailing relationship to Ryan, a musician too engrossed with his band to help at home. She finds herself nostalgic about her first love.

Tori, the owner of a successful second-hand clothing and furniture store, is determined to protect her son from the truth about his past, adamant that he will never meet his father.

When glamorous Shelley, now married to Kate’s first love Daryl, arrives in town uncomfortable truths start to emerge.

Will Kate, Tori and Shelley confront that past that shaped them? What are the consequences of speaking out? Of keeping silent?

Jo Skinner is a Brisbane-based GP who writes contemporary women's fiction as well as freelance non-fiction articles about women’s issues and mental health. Her debut novel was The Truth About My Daughter (2024). Jo also has a distance running habit. When she is not working or writing, you will find her accruing kilometres while plotting her next story.