When Roberta 'Bertie' Lightfoot is crippled by polio, her world collapses. But Mama doesn't tolerate self-pity, and Bertie is nobody if not her mother's daughter - until she sets her heart on becoming an artist. But when the family moves to Port Moresby in 1955, Bertie starts to rebel against her mother's strict control
Analysis
Australian
Australian fiction
Notes
N copy signed and inscribed by the author, 6 June 2013. NLA
Nita B Kibble Literary Award, 2013
Winner of the Queensland Premier's Literary Award for Emerging Author