An Afterlife for Rosemary Lamb - Louise Wolhuter Book

This gripping tale of three women who are suspected in the disappearance of a 9-year-old is a powerful read you wont want to put down. Pedestrian.tvAn incredible debut full of rich characters and a plot that will keep you guessing. Louise Wolhuter is a writer to watch. J.P. Pomare, author of In The Clearing and The Wrong Woman A deeply evocative, hauntingly nostalgic and profoundly unsettling mystery. Sulari Gentill, author of The Woman in The LibraryWolhuters distinctive voice and her beautiful prose had me immersed and lingering on every page. Shankari Chandran, author of Chai Time at Cinnamon GardensJessie Else disappeared the summer the Lambs came to Magpie Beach. Not that the two events were connected at all, in reality; only in my own head, in my own world. They marked for me the end of a certain quiet time and the start of a more complicated living. Winifred is a small town full of prejudices and assumptions. Meg and Lily are outsiders who live on its margins at Magpie Beach, where theyve managed to keep out of each others and everyone elses way for years. That is, until Rosemary comes along and draws them into an unlikely friendship. When nine-year-old Jessie Else goes missing, the residents of Winifred begin locking their doors, and fingers soon start pointing towards Magpie Beach. Questions threaten to undo Meg, Rosemary and Lilys quiet existence, and the women band together to protect themselves, and to protect each other, but all three are holding secrets that are too big for them to keep on their own. Its only a matter of time before they start to unraveland nothing will ever be the same again. PRAISE FORAN AFTERLIFE FOR ROSEMARY LAMB Wolhuters prose burns through the pages in this entertaining and sometimes dark combination of mystery and literary fiction The Australian Its a finely wrought mystery notable for unusual depth of character a slow burn with unexpected twists. Sydney Morning Herald a slow burn, but a compelling and complex one, steadily entangling the reader in the womens lives. As the fires are stoked to a final conflagration, you wont want to put it down. The Canberra Times Darkly addictive. Once An Afterlife for Rosemary Lamb gets its teeth into you, theres no escape. Adrian Hyland, author of Canticle Creek Charming, quirky and original. This beautifully written portrait of a small community of outliers keeps unfolding until the very end, revealing how little we ever really know about another person. Wolhuter is a real talent. Inga Simpson, author of The Last Woman in the World and Willowman The authors care with her craft this book is 25 years in the making results in a magic alchemy of words that provides fresh and enchanting imagery. This novel is engrossing, mostly for the depth with which the characters are drawn and linger in our sentiments. It will be compared with books by writers such as Liane Moriarty female friendships, small-town drama-mysteries, secret-filled pasts and should not disappoint. Books+Publishing