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Tanglewood
It’s 1962. Talented, hopeful and full of the bravado that wards off fear, Meg, Sally and Virginia hitchhike north to sleep on beaches, plan their futures and fantasise about a place in the bush where they can meet once a year.
Twenty-five years later nothing is as they imagined it would be. Meg, an investigative reporter, is distressed by her childlessness and fighting her attraction for an opportunistic film producer. Virginia has fled her artist-lover to set up a commune in far north Queensland. Sally, a teacher and mother, has been left by the husband she has devoted over twenty years to.
It is to Tanglewood, the house they dreamt of, that they go for refuge. And it is there that they gather the strength to take them into the future.
Twenty-five years later nothing is as they imagined it would be. Meg, an investigative reporter, is distressed by her childlessness and fighting her attraction for an opportunistic film producer. Virginia has fled her artist-lover to set up a commune in far north Queensland. Sally, a teacher and mother, has been left by the husband she has devoted over twenty years to.
It is to Tanglewood, the house they dreamt of, that they go for refuge. And it is there that they gather the strength to take them into the future.
332 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1996
About the author
Kristin Williamson
12 books2 followersKristin Williamson has been an actor, teacher, journalist and screenwriter and is the author of eight books, including two bestselling novels.
She was born in Melbourne, went to school in Geelong and then trained as a teacher. After graduating she took up a scholarship at the University of Florence to study in Italian for a year. Later she passed the Licentiate of Trinity College in drama and taught English and drama in high schools, lectured at the Melbourne State College, acted in fringe theatre, worked as a freelance journalist, wrote two plays for children and gained a first class honours degree in Australian history.
After moving to Sydney in 1979, she joined the staff of the National Times where she worked for eight years as a feature writer and columnist. She also did historical research for the film Gallipoli and for the television series The Last Bastion. She was a co-writer on the television film Princess Kate and on the 13 part series Dog’s Head Bay for ABC television. Kristin also served as Chair of the Board of The Australian Theatre for Young people for many years.
Kristin is married to playwright David Williamson and they divide their time between Sydney and Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. They have five children and eleven grandchildren.
In 2000 Kristin and David were founding members of Noosa Longweekend, a ten day arts festival held annually in Noosa Heads, Queensland, They are still very active patrons.
She was born in Melbourne, went to school in Geelong and then trained as a teacher. After graduating she took up a scholarship at the University of Florence to study in Italian for a year. Later she passed the Licentiate of Trinity College in drama and taught English and drama in high schools, lectured at the Melbourne State College, acted in fringe theatre, worked as a freelance journalist, wrote two plays for children and gained a first class honours degree in Australian history.
After moving to Sydney in 1979, she joined the staff of the National Times where she worked for eight years as a feature writer and columnist. She also did historical research for the film Gallipoli and for the television series The Last Bastion. She was a co-writer on the television film Princess Kate and on the 13 part series Dog’s Head Bay for ABC television. Kristin also served as Chair of the Board of The Australian Theatre for Young people for many years.
Kristin is married to playwright David Williamson and they divide their time between Sydney and Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. They have five children and eleven grandchildren.
In 2000 Kristin and David were founding members of Noosa Longweekend, a ten day arts festival held annually in Noosa Heads, Queensland, They are still very active patrons.
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