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Dymocks Books in Bars with Shannon Kelly White
July 22 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Join us and Shannon as she discussed her DEBUT Novel “Billie King”
A blisteringly fast, fresh, funny and hugely entertaining novel of mothers, daughters and one gutsy wild colonial girl who gets caught up in Australia’s last female bushranger’s quest for revenge. Think Leah Purcell’s The Drover’s Wife meets Trent Dalton.
1918: Australia’s last bushranger, Dulcie James, holds up Anna King’s falling-down farmhouse. There’s a scrawny unloved infant on the floor, Anna seems more furious than frightened,
and it’s the bushranger who’s left shaken. And the next day, Anna disappears.Twelve years later, Anna’s daughter, Billie King, is a girl ready to explode.
With a missing mother, the rent in arrears and her alcoholic father’s gambling debts to cover, she has no time for school. But when child services threaten to remove Billie from
her father, she must decide between continuing her search for her missing mother and keeping what’s left of her family together. If she fails to hold onto her father, she’ll be taken away
and placed in a children’s home, but if she doesn’t find her missing mother, who will?
Billie King is a vibrant celebration of resilience, rebellion and mateship. It’s a mix of grit and tenderness, a reminder of our strength, especially as women, to hold onto our spirit even
when the world wants to flog it out of us. This novel dares the reader to embrace the wild, untamed spirit within and to find
hope in the most unexpected places. By the final page, you’ll be cheering for its fierce characters, their
unyielding courage and the enduring power of their fight to live life on their own terms.
ABOUT SHANNON KELLY-WHITE
Shannon Kelly-White is a happy country girl who writes gritty, hopeful fiction about women who push back. Fascinated by freedom and spirit, she writes stories that blend fierce heart, a longing for connection, and a love of the landscapes that shaped her. A former nurse turned award winning cookbook author turned novelist, she spends her days buried
in books, accompanied by fluffy dogs and one opinionated orange cat. she lives in Yarrawonga with her most precious thing, her familyDetails to be announced