Giveaway - The Story Thief by Kyra Geddes
Her family’s story made Henry Lawson famous. But was it his to tell?
Inspired by Lawson’s classic Australian story, ’The Drover’s Wife’, Kyra Geddes melds fact and fiction in The Story Thief - a stirring family saga set against shifting landscapes and pivotal moments in Australian history.
About The Story Thief
Her family's story made Henry Lawson famous. But was it his story to tell?
Fact and fiction meld into one in this stirring family saga set against shifting landscapes and pivotal moments in Australian history.
Lillian was born in 1892, the same year Henry Lawson wrote 'The Drover's Wife' and cemented his place in Australia's literary canon. When Lillian reads the short story as a teenager, she is convinced that it is based upon her own family and becomes determined to prove it. But as the years pass, the truth becomes more problematic, and Lillian must decide what is more important: holding onto the past or embracing the future.
The Story Thief is about mothers and daughters, love, loss and the power of words. Ultimately it is about how each of us must find our own way to live.
About Kyra Geddes
Kyra Geddes was born in Adelaide and spent her infancy in the South Australian opal fields in a setting not unlike that of 'The Drover's Wife'. Following a successful career in marketing and business, Kyra returned to university to study English and pursue her lifelong dream of writing. The Story Thief is her acclaimed debut novel, and the culmination of almost a decade of research and writing. A passionate art lover and traveller of mixed German-Italian heritage, Kyra lives in Sydney with her family.
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