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!