The Lighthouse Spark
1997 Nominated

The Lighthouse Spark

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

This is a novel about travelling and about friendship. In simple, direct language the novel moves fluently through place, time, and examinations of relationships and memory. Through the relationship between the two main characters, the novelist investigates the nature of loss and betrayal, attachment and displacement.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Heather
Grace

Heather Grace was born in Melbourne in 1951. She has lived and worked in most states in Australia and since 1983 in Kimberly, western Australia, and since 1983 in Kimberly, western Australia. She has published a previous  novel, Heart of Light.
Heather Grace was born in Melbourne in 1951. She has lived and worked in most states in Australia and since 1983 in Kimberly, western Australia, and since 1983 in Kimberly, western Australia. She has published a previous  novel, Heart of Light.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
USA
Author
Publisher
Fremantle Arts Centre Press

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