Sydney 1960s: newspaper reporter Pearl Keogh has been relegated to the women's pages as punishment for her involvement in the anti-war movement and is desperate to find her two young brothers before they are conscripted. Newly arrived from Sweden Axel Lindquist is set to work as a sculptor on the Sydney Opera House. Haunted by his father's acts in the Second World War he seeks solace in his attempts to create a unique piece that will do justice to the vision of Jorn Utzon the controversial architect of the Opera House's construction. Pearl and Axel's lives orbit and collide as they both struggle in the eye of the storm. This is a soaring optimistic novel of art and culture and of love and fate.
Sydney 1960s: newspaper reporter Pearl Keogh has been relegated to the women's pages as punishment for her involvement in the anti-war movement and is desperate to find her two young brothers before they are conscripted. Newly arrived from Sweden Axel Lindquist is set to work as a sculptor on the Sydney Opera House. Haunted by his father's acts in the Second World War he seeks solace in his attempts to create a unique piece that will do justice to the vision of Jorn Utzon the controversial architect of the Opera House's construction. Pearl and Axel's lives orbit and collide as they both struggle in the eye of the storm. This is a soaring optimistic novel of art and culture and of love and fate.
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Sydney 1960s: newspaper reporter Pearl Keogh has been relegated to the women's pages as punishment for her involvement in the anti-war movement and is desperate to find her two young brothers before they are conscripted. Newly arrived from Sweden Axel Lindquist is set to work as a sculptor on the Sydney Opera House. Haunted by his father's acts in the Second World War he seeks solace in his attempts to create a unique piece that will do justice to the vision of Jorn Utzon the controversial architect of the Opera House's construction. Pearl and Axel's lives orbit and collide as they both struggle in the eye of the storm. This is a soaring optimistic novel of art and culture and of love and fate.
Sydney 1960s: newspaper reporter Pearl Keogh has been relegated to the women's pages as punishment for her involvement in the anti-war movement and is desperate to find her two young brothers before they are conscripted. Newly arrived from Sweden Axel Lindquist is set to work as a sculptor on the Sydney Opera House. Haunted by his father's acts in the Second World War he seeks solace in his attempts to create a unique piece that will do justice to the vision of Jorn Utzon the controversial architect of the Opera House's construction. Pearl and Axel's lives orbit and collide as they both struggle in the eye of the storm. This is a soaring optimistic novel of art and culture and of love and fate.
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| Imprint | Scribner UK |
| Pub date | 03 Oct 2019 |
| DEWEY edition | 23 |
| Language | English |
| Spine width | 24mm |
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| Imprint | Scribner UK |
| Pub date | 03 Oct 2019 |
| DEWEY edition | 23 |
| Language | English |
| Spine width | 24mm |
