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Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 The Beautiful Words
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'Two best friends, one summer night, and twenty years of silence ... what happened at the lighthouse?

'The stunning, haunting new novel from the author of The Lost Summers of Driftwood.

'Sylvie is a lover of words and a collector of stories, only she has lost her own. She has no words for that night at the lighthouse when their lives changed forever. What happened to cleave her apart from her best friend and soulmate, Kase?

'Sylvie yearns to rekindle their deep connection, so when Kase invites her to the wild Tasmanian coast to celebrate her 40th birthday, she accepts - despite the ghosts she must face.

'As Sylvie struggles to find her feet among old friends, she bonds with local taxi boat driver Holden. But he is hiding from the world, too.

'Through an inscription in an old book, Sylvie and Kase discover their mothers have a history, hidden from their daughters. As they unpick what took place before they were born, they're forced to face the cracks in their own friendship, and the question of whether it's ever okay to keep a secret to protect the person you love.

'Vanessa McCausland's enthralling new novel is about betrayal and forgiveness, the stories we tell, and the healing power of words.'

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    • Sydney, New South Wales,: HarperCollins Australia , 2021 .
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      Extent: 368p.p.
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      • Published 1st December 2021
      ISBN: 9781460759585 (pbk), 9781460713181 (ebk)

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Works about this Work

Secrets and Broken Hearts : Three New Novels of Friendship Polly Simons , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , January–February no. 439 2022; (p. 37-38)

— Review of The Golden Book Kate Ryan , 2021 single work novel ; The Beautiful Words Vanessa McCausland , 2021 single work novel ; The Wingmaker Mette Jakobsen , 2021 single work novel
Secrets and Broken Hearts : Three New Novels of Friendship Polly Simons , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , January–February no. 439 2022; (p. 37-38)

— Review of The Golden Book Kate Ryan , 2021 single work novel ; The Beautiful Words Vanessa McCausland , 2021 single work novel ; The Wingmaker Mette Jakobsen , 2021 single work novel
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