Elizabeth Stead schöpft tief aus einer Verbundenheit zur Natur, inspiriert von ihrem Großvater, einem wegweisenden Naturforscher und Geschichtenerzähler. Ihre Fiktion erforscht die komplexen Beziehungen zwischen Menschen und der natürlichen Welt, oft mit einer sensiblen und aufschlussreichen Perspektive. Steads unverwechselbarer Stil fängt Atmosphäre und Emotionen meisterhaft ein und zieht die Leser in reiche und fesselnde Erzählwelten. Ihre Prosa zeichnet sich durch ihre poetische Qualität und eindringliche Bildsprache aus.
The Fishcastle stands round and high over the seaside village of Proudie Bay. Creaking with secrets and a menagerie of creatures, it is home to the Hardwicks. Marlin has dominated the residents for years, but matters change with the arrival of his sister Hesta, Miriam, her daughter and Lucrezia. schovat popis
Sydney, 1942. Recently orphaned, Angel Martin moves into a boarding house populated by an assortment of eccentric and colourful characters. She's befriended by the gregarious Winifred Varnham - a vision in exotic fabrics - and the numerically gifted Barnaby Grange. But not everyone is kind and her scrimping landlady, Missus Potts, is only the beginning of Angel's troubles. Angel refuses to accept her fate. She is determined to forge a sense of belonging despite rejection from her two maiden aunts, Clara and Elsa, who blame Angel's mother for their brother's death. Her Sunday visits to the aunts' house by the Bay expand her world in ways she couldn't have imagined. Elizabeth Stead brings her classic subversive wit and personal insight to this nostalgic portrait of wartime Sydney. In Angel Martin, she has created a singular and irrepressible character. A true original.