Books Read: Kimberley Freeman - Lighthouse Bay

1901: Isabella Winterbourne has suffered the worst loss a woman can know, and can no longer bear her husband nor his oppressive upper-class family. On a voyage between London and Sydney to accompany a priceless gift to the Australian parliament, Isabella is the sole survivor of a shipwreck off the sun-drenched Queensland coast. But in this strange new place, she finds she cannot escape her past quite as easily as she'd hoped. 

2011: A woman returns from Paris to her beachside hometown to reconcile with her sister. But she, too, has a past that is hard to escape, and her sister is not in a mood to forgive her. Strange noises at night and activity at the abandoned lighthouse raise her curiosity, and she finds herself investigating a century-old town mystery.

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Christmas Shorts with.... Kimberley Freeman

Today's Christmas Shorts interview has been completed by Australian author Kimberley Freeman whose latest book, Wildflower Hill, has just been published here in the UK.  

So I'll hand you over to Kimberley to talk about all things Christmas.

What is your earliest Christmas memory? 

When I was six, we had a Christmas party underneath our house and I cut out stars from crepe paper and made Christmas posters and sticky-taped them all over the walls. They stayed up for years, because nobody ever took them down.

 What is your favourite Christmas tradition?
Christmas is very different in Australia. For one thing, it's the middle of summer. So Christmas on the beach, with cold cooked chicken and ham, and lots of different salads, and a chilled glass of Riesling and then a dip in the ocean would be my favourite Christmas tradition here.