Fred Scully leaves Australia to carve a new life for his family in Ireland. He and his wife, Jennifer, buy an old cottage in Ireland and Scully works to make it habitable whilst waiting for Jennifer and their daughter to join him. But at the airport, only his daughter steps off the plane.
Author Biography
Tim Winton was born in Perth in 1960. His work includes novels, collections of stories, non-fiction and books for children. He has won the miles Franklin Award three times, and been twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize, for The Riders (1995) and Dirt Music (2002).
