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Author Talk: Amanda Hampson

Join award winning author Amanda Hampson at the Muswellbrook Library as she shares her latest novel Lovebirds.

About this event

Copies of Lovebirds will be on sale on the day. Bookings are essential for this event as spaces are limited. Light refreshments will be served after the event. Contact the Muswellbrook Library to book on 6543-1913.

About the author

Amanda Hampson grew up in rural New Zealand. She spent her early twenties travelling, finally settling in Australia in 1979 where she now lives in Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Writing professionally for more than 20 years, she is the author of two non-fiction books, numerous articles and novels The Olive SistersTwo for the RoadThe French Perfumer, The Yellow Villa and Sixty Summers.

About the book

In their youth, lovebirds Elizabeth and Ray had to fight to be together. Their future was full of promise and, blessed with children and careers, their happiness complete. But a twist of fate changed their lives forever.

Now in her sixties, Elizabeth is desperately lonely. She rarely sees her two adult sons and her closest friend is a talkative budgie. But when her grandson, Zach, gets into trouble with the police, she decides to take him on a road trip to find his grandfather, her lost love Ray, in the hope of mending their broken family.

Two less compatible travelling companions would be hard to find, as they set off on an unlikely adventure into the wilds of the northern NSW hinterland. What they discover along the way, about Ray and each other, has the power to transform them all. In trying to save Zach, Elizabeth might just save herself.

When:

June 17, 2021 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

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