Cirrus@Austlit

'A young woman goes missing…
'On the threshold of World War II, a young woman from a titled family in the south of England disappears, seemingly without trace.

'An unexpected inheritance…
'In 2016 on the outskirts of Melbourne, Australia, Maddison Browne is a romantic fiction writer who is lucked out in love and scared that her best days as an author are over. When she learns that she is to inherit an antique piano from a woman she’s never heard of, she wonders why and is driven to find out.

'A family secret…
'In England, Maddison unearths a century-old secret that leads her to a family she never knew she had and an entanglement in affairs of state. And she meets someone who might turn her life around.

'The Piano Woman highlights the fragility of family, the price of love, and the importance of traditions that can sometimes save us from ourselves.'

Source : publisher's blurb

'Hector Crawford - the name remains synonymous with Australian television.

'The tag line ‘This has been a Crawford Production’ still resonates with generations of Australians who grew up with his cops, the Sullivan family or any of the long line of productions that flowed from his legendary company.

'His public façade is part of our collective memory but the man behind it, and how his passion and determination changed Australian culture forever is revealed in ‘Hector’.

'In this compelling account of his life Rozzi Bazzani recounts vividly how, as Crawford’s influence grew, the off screen politics employed by the TV networks and rivals to diminish his company’s power became as exciting as any of his onscreen dramas.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.