Call of the Kookaburra is the third in a series that follows several British women who were transported to Australia in the 19th Century for their ‘crimes’. This novel is certainly the best of the three.The story begins in Bath and then shifts to Australia where the focus is on Jane Bell, a young woman
I was born in Salisbury, England in 1941. After the war, when I was five years old, we moved to New Zealand and settled in Auckland. We lived in a very old villa in Epsom with spacious grounds and large well established trees. As my only brother was six years younger than I was he was not old enough to be a companion and so I turned to books. After reading all the Enid Blyton books I could get my hands on I began on the children’s classics and at ten was introduced to Dickens by my teacher. From an early age I loved writing stories and English was my favourite subject… Read More
