Weaving fact into inspiring fiction with great flair and imagination, this is a novel as full of hope, glamour and heartbreak as the film industry itself.

Silver Wattle confirms Belinda Alexandra as one of our foremost storytellers. And ultimately dreams of the silver screen must compete with the bonds of a lifetime. there, Adela becomes a film director at a time when the local industry is starting to feel the competition from Hollywood.īut while success is imminent, the issues of family and an impossible love are never far away. In fear for their lives after the sudden death of their mother, Adela and Klara must flee Prague to find refuge with their uncle in Australia. In a compelling and exquisite blend of memoir and history, Belinda shows readers that, no matter what challenge they might be facing, there is always the possibility of building a bold life full of meaning again from the ashes.A dazzling novel about two exceptional sisters set in the Australian film world of the 1920s, from the author of WHITE GARDENIA and TUSCAN ROSE.Ī dazzling novel about two exceptional sisters, set in the Australian film world of the 1920s. They were women who had faced seemingly insurmountable challenges and found ways to forge ahead on their own terms. To pull herself up from rock bottom, Belinda drew strength from the real life women who had inspired her bestselling historical fiction: her mother, Tatiana Morosoff, a White Russian who had fled a home more than once due to wars and revolutions Virginia Hall, an American who lost her leg in an accident but went on to become one of the most revered Allied agents in World War II France Carmen Amaya, who despite being born into abject poverty in Barcelona rose to become the greatest Flamenco dancer of all time Edna Walling, who lost her own dream home in a freak fire but created garden designs that made her one of Australia’s most celebrated landscape designers. Set in the 1920's Belinda Alexandra allows her readers to explore the magic of the Australian bush and film industry, her passion is impossible to ignore.

That was the question beloved Australian author Belinda Alexandra faced one freezing winter night when she ran from her home in terror, clutching only her wallet, her phone and her latest manuscript on a USB stick. The Silver Wattle offers a beautifully written, almost fairy tale like, journey of two sisters fleeing their wicked step father from Prague all the way to Australia.

On finding the fire to keep going when all seems lost How do you begin your life again when you’ve lost everything you’ve worked for and your dreams have been shattered?

Silver Wattle by Belinda Alexandra