A Stranger in My Street
Author(s): Deborah Burrows
It's January 1943. Australia is at war and Perth is buzzing. US troops have permanently docked in the city in what local men refer to bitterly as the 'American occupation', and Perth women are having the time of their lives. The Americans have money, accents like movie stars, smart tailored uniforms and good manners. What's more, they love to dance and show a girl a good time, and young women are throwing caution to the wind and pushing social boundaries with their behaviour. Not Meg Eaton, however. The war has brought her nothing but heartbreak, stealing her young love eighteen months ago. Until, in the middle of a Perth heat-wave, she meets her lost lover's brother, Tom - standing over a dead body in her neighbour's backyard. Suddenly, Meg finds herself embroiled in the murder mystery, and increasingly involved with Tom Lagrange. But is he all that he seems? And what exactly was his relationship with the dead woman?
Product Information
Deborah Burrows is a lawyer, historian and writer from Perth. She is currently spending two years living in Oxford, England and enjoying the opportunity to research the experiences of Australian women in wartime and writing full time. Her first two novels, A Stranger in My Street (published in 2012) and Taking a Chance (published in 2013) incorporated her mother's stories of living in Perth in World War 2, and dancing with American servicemen. Her father's exploits as a commando fighting in East Timor and New Guinea with the famed 2/2nd Independent Company were an inspiration for A Time of Secrets.
General Fields
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- : Pan Macmillan Australia
- : Pan Australia
- : February 2013
- : 198mm X 129mm
- : Australia
- : March 2013
- : books
Special Fields
- : Deborah Burrows
- : Paperback
- : 513
- : 823.00
- : 352
