![]() ![]() As secrets come to light, the domestic varnish starts to crack, and jealousy and passion threaten to forever mar the relationship between mother and daughter. In this tropical landscape, Bertie thrives amid the lush pallette of colours and abundance, secretly learning the techniques of drawing and painting under the tutelage of her mother's arch rival.īut Roberta is not the only one deceiving her family. In 1955 the family moves to post-colonial Port Moresby, a sometimes violent frontier town, where Bertie, determined to be the master of her own life canvas, rebels against her mother's strict control. While her father is happy enough to indulge Bertie's driving passion, her mother will not let art get in the way of the future she wishes for her only daughter. Through drawing, the gifted and perceptive Bertie gives form and voice to the reality of the people and the world around her. 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. When Roberta 'Bertie' Lightfoot is struck down with polio, her world collapses. Faulkner's novel is enlivened by a strong gift for metaphor and the wisdom to use it sparingly.' '.an acute evocation of postwar Australasia. ![]()
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