A Question of Country by Sue Parritt
On
Christmas Eve 1969, a letter from Australia House, London, brings
welcome news for newly-weds Anna and Joseph Fletcher.
Young
and idealistic, Anna falls passionately in love with their adopted
land. Seven months later, an unexpected event causes their life to
take a stressful turn.
Years
pass, and Anna retreats to a fictional world she has created. But
when a different challenge presents itself, does she have the
courage to take the risk… or will she take refuge in
fantasy?
Originally from
England, Sue worked in university libraries until taking early
retirement in 2008 to concentrate on creative writing. Since then she
has written short stories, articles, poetry, a short TV drama script
and seven novels:
Sannah and the
Pilgrim, first in a trilogy of a future dystopian Australia
focusing on climate change and the harsh treatment of refugees from
drowned Pacific islands. Odyssey Books, 2014. Commended in the FAW
Christina Stead Award, 2014. Pia and the Skyman, Odyssey
Books, 2016. Commended in the FAW Christina Stead Award, 2016. The
Sky Lines Alliance, Odyssey Books, 2016.
Chrysalis, the
story of a perceptive girl growing up in a Quaker family in swinging
sixties’ Britain. Morning Star Press, 2017
Re-Navigation
recounts a life turned upside down when forty-year old Julia journeys
from the sanctuary of middle-class Australian suburbia to undertake a
retreat at a college located on an isolated Welsh island. Creativia
Publishing, 2019.
Feed Thy
Enemy, based on Sue’s father’s experiences, is an account of
courage and compassion in the face of trauma as a British airman
embarks on a plan that risks all to feed a starving, war-stricken
family. Creativia Publishing, 2019.
A Question of
Country explores the migrant experience through the protagonist’s
lifelong search for meaningful identity. Next Chapter (formerly
Creativia Publishing), 2020.
Sue’s current
project, working title: Twenty-eight Days, first in The
Doorkeeper series, is set in Southern Australia in
2100. It deals with overpopulation and extended life expectancy in an
increasingly climate-challenged world and the inhumane solutions
adopted by a government determined to rid Australia of
unproductive citizens.
Passionate
about peace and social justice issues, Sue’s goal as a fiction
writer is to continue writing novels that address topics such as
climate change, the effects of war, the treatment of refugees,
feminism and racism. Sue intends to
keep on writing for as long as possible, believing the extensive life
experiences of older writers can be employed to engage readers of all
ages.
Website: www.sueparritt.com. FaceBook: http://facebook.com/SueParrittAuthor
