Acknowledgments
Many people have reviewed this novel in the four years since it was first published. Your advice, mostly positive, is greatly valued. Thank you all.
From reader reviews and a structural review by KJ Eyre, I have substantially revised this book and released a new edition It has many changes but keeps the main elements of the original story. The house and Sydney location are important parts of the background, which give context and place the story. Hence the ‘Old Balmain House Series’ name keeps this sense of location within the story.
The new cover for this second edition have been produced by Nada Backovic. I thank her for her creative flair in taking my description of story elements and creating an outstanding image which captures part of the essence of this story. Arcangel Images supplied the background image for this cover.
Part of the inspiration for this book and series came from reading Geraldine Brooks novel, ‘People of the Book’, which used small artefacts of history to carry people’s stories from the past into the present day.
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