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Tears of the Moon

• Two inspiring journeys. Two unforgettable women. One amazing story.

BROOME, AUSTRALIA 1893
It's the wild and pasionate heyday of the pearling industry, and when young English bride Olivia Hennessy meets the dashing pearling master, Captain Tyndall, their lives are destined to linked by the mysterious power of the pearl.

SYDNEY 1995
Lily Barton embarks on a search for her family roots which leads her to Broome. But her quest for identity reveals more than she could have ever imagined ...

Tears of the Moon is the spellbinding bestseller from Australia's most popular female novelist.

'Morrissey's research into the pearl industry and the history of Broome is formidable ... she tells a good story' SYDNEY MORNING HERALD




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