A Dream More Luminous than Love: The Yandilli Trilogy

Critically acclaimed trilogy spanning the period from the last days of the convict system to the approach of Federation. 'The Second Bridegroom', first published in 1991, deals with a young convict who escapes into the Australian bush, 'The Grisly Wife' first published in 1993, involves an English missionary, her husband and a group of female disciples, and 'Captivity Captive', first published in 1988, features the murder of two sisters and a brother, and the disintegration of a family. The author's other publications include eight volumes of poetry, two biographies and other novels, including 'Just Relations ' which won the Miles Franklin Award in 1982.