Bracelet Honeymyrtle (Allen & Unwin Original Fiction.) - Softcover

Born into a strict Christian family in Sydney at the start of the century, Annie contends with an overbearing mother and a harsh religion. Kept at home, partially deafened by illness and mistreatment, she clings to her mother and her dominating religious certainties. Yet something stirs under the starch of faith. Annie finds a friend late in life and discovers a passion for living to equal her passion for gardening. In her sixties, Annie confronts her mother. This is the story of one woman's struggle to lay claim to her own life. And within the seemingly narrow contours of family and church and garden, Annie discovers that it is, after all, a big life.

Judith Fox was born and raised in Newcastle, by the sea. After living in Europe for one year, Judith moved to Sydney where she studied Communications at the University of Technology. She has worked as a barmaid, a film and television researcher and reviewer, a doctor's receptionist, a lecturer and now works in publishing. Bracelet Honeymyrtle is her first novel.