Cirrus@Austlit

'Glasgow 1948. Twenty-three-year-old sculptor Ellie (Eilean) Gilmartin grew up in the shadow of her father’s torment following his British Army service in World War I. Believing her mother died when she was a toddler, the revelation that Finella left her husband and daughter, leads Ellie to travel to Australia (the country of Finella’s birth) to find out why. After bureaucratic obstacles, psychological and physical threats Ellie discovers the truth about her parents’ difficult lives, in the process learning that she cannot change the past, nor assume responsibility for the deeds of her parents but recognise their transgressions – and leave their tragic heritage behind.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Art historian Steggall looks at Joan Kerr's life and her considerable achievements in setting out new parameters for art and architectural history. Original, entertaining and often controversial, Joan Kerr was a one of a kind scholar. ' (Source: Libraries Australia)