In Conversation with Sandie Docker

Muswellbrook Library

Tuesday, September 5 | 3pm

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Join Australian author Sandie Docker in conversation with local author Leonie Rogers at Muswellbrook Library.

ABOUT SANDIE:

Sandie Docker grew up in Coffs Harbour, and first fell in love with reading when her father introduced her to fantasy books as a teenager. Her love of fiction began when she first read Jane Austen for the HSC, but it wasn’t until she was taking a translation course at university that her Mandarin lecturer suggested she might have a knack for writing – a seed of an idea that sat quietly in the back of her mind while she lived overseas and travelled the world. Sandie first decided to put pen to paper  when living in London. Now back in Sydney with her husband and daughter, she writes every day.

ABOUT THE BOOK:

HOPE

Single mother Sarah is guilt-ridden when an accident leaves her young daughter Melody seriously injured and their once music-filled lives silent. When she discovers her grandmother Rosalie’s war correspondence, she thinks she might have found a way to save her family, but it will require a leap of faith …

HEARTACHE

In 1945 Rosalie is desperate to forge a career as a journalist, and taking photos for soldiers serving in the war might just lead to the job of her dreams. But when two brothers she’s been corresponding with come home to Redgum River, her life is turned upside down, and she flees, vowing to never return.

HEALING

Decades on, the hope that a music retreat can help Melody lures the three generations of women to Redgum River, where Sarah draws together the threads of Rosalie’s past. A heartbreaking family mystery comes to light, and they discover that the ghosts of the past can lead them to their future, and they might all be more in tune than they first thought.

ABOUT LEONIE:

Leonie is a local author in the Upper Hunter. Leonie has a past life as a volunteer firefighter and SES member and now works part time as a physio therapist.  Leonie’s novels, the Frontier Series and The Albatar Chronicles can be found at our Libraries.