Book Launch: Mrs Rickaby's Lullaby by Julie Thorndyke

We are delighted that Julie Thorndyke has chosen Harry Hartog Macquarie to launch her book Mrs Rickaby's Lullaby so please do come along and celebrate with us!

WHEN: Monday 27th May 2019 at 6:15pm 
WHERE: Harry Hartog Macquarie Bookshop, in Macquarie Centre

ABOUT THE BOOK
Mrs Eileen Rickaby, a semi-retired botanical illustrator and Orchid Society member with a penchant for Mozart, lives a quiet ordered life with Missy, her cat. Her tranquillity is disturbed when close friend and neighbour Irene brings home a twice-widowed younger man of dubious character, and introduces him as her future husband. Petty theft, vandalism and violence disrupt the peaceful retirement village. How can Mrs Rickaby protect her friend from this con-man lover? Mrs Rickaby's Lullaby is an engaging novel of haunting lyricism and gentle humour, exploring the timeless themes of love, loss and widowhood, friendship and belonging.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Julie Thorndyke's two collections of poetry, Rick Rack and Carving Granite, were published by Ginninderra Press. Editor of Eucalypt: a tanka journalsince 2017, she also writes fiction and other poetry forms. Waiting for the Night, Julie's picture book for children, was published by Interactive Press. Mrs Rickaby's Lullaby is her first novel.