On the wind, Ayla heard a tune so sweetly mournful it made her toes curl in the sand. Had she imagined it? She glanced behind her to see the world had turned a sickly green. Even the rich red of Mud Rock was tinged.
 

A spine-chilling mystery and contemporary love story. The unique and wild setting— shot through with Indigenous history and Irish mythology—becomes a stage for unforgettable characters who navigate vital questions of identity and belonging. Lyrical and sensuous, Beneath the Mother Tree is a thrilling and rhythmically fierce journey. A compelling portrait of how Australia’s dark history and surreal landscape can make extraordinary things of ordinary lives.
 

“From the first page, this book held me  in its thrall. As sultry and immersive  as a tropical night.”

                                                                                                        — Ilka Tampke, author of Skin
 
“Soulful and dreamlike, and utterly original.”

                      — Kim Kelly, author of Lady Bird & The Fox
 
“A compelling page-turner that will  transport readers to a world populated with characters who are as mysterious and gripping as their Australian landscape … A captivating debut and genuine  love story that will electrify.”

                                                                          — Tiffany McDaniel, author of  The Summer that Melted Everything

“A seductive, dark contemporary fairytale, a story of stories, woven with magic and thrumming with a fierce, beguiling energy.”         

                                                                                                                     — Kim Lock, author of The Three of Us

 

Bestseller!