AustLit

'Set between Sydney and Edinburgh at Christmas, this is a story of family ties, lost love, and the power of the past.

'Alex loves Christmas. She owns a cafe by Sydney's harbour bridge, and she spends days decorating it with vintage hand-cut snowflakes to look like a winter wonderland - a magical retreat from the baking Australian summer outside. This year has not been easy - she was dumped by the man she thought she'd marry - but Alex is pouring all her energies into creating the perfect Christmas for her customers. Until she starts receiving letters from a cafe in Bristol, England, and finds herself drawn to its mysterious owner... ' (Publication summary)

'Australia, 1962: Susie has just arrived on the boat from England. She is clutching a newborn baby, but she has no wedding ring on her left hand.

'The land is dusty and hot, and the work is hard and tiring. All Susie wants is to go home. But with no money, and no hope, how can she turn her life around?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.