Sophie Green High Tea

Join Sophie Green for a high tea of scones, sandwiches, bubbly and sweets to celebrate the release of The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle, a delightful story of love, friendship and companionship. 

Sophie is the author of the much-loved bestseller The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club, and we're sure her new novel will delight a whole new legion of fans! 

 

About the Book

It's 1982 in Australia. The Man From Snowy River is a box office hit and Paul Hogan is on the TV.

In a seaside suburb, housewife Theresa takes up swimming. She wants to get fit; she also wants a few precious minutes to herself. So at sunrise each day she strikes out past the waves.

From the same beach, the widowed Marie swims. With her husband gone, bathing is the one constant in her new life.

After finding herself in a desperate situation, 25-year-old Leanne only has herself to rely on. She became a nurse to help others, even as she resists help herself.

Elaine has recently moved from England. Far from home and without her adult sons, her closest friend is a gin bottle.

In the waters of Shelly Bay, these four women find each other. They will survive bluebottle stings and heartbreak; they will laugh so hard they swallow water, and they will plunge their tears into the ocean's salt. They will find solace and companionship, and learn that love takes many forms.

Most of all, they will cherish their friendship, each and every day.

Praise

'Reading this book was like snuggling beneath a warm beach towel after a bracing dip in the ocean.' - Joanna Nell

Praise for The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club

'Tender, intimate, heartwarming, fulfilling and Australian as a lamb roast and full-bodied shiraz' The Australian Women's Weekly

'An absolute gem of a novel, with the most evocative sense of place . . . A treat for any book club' BETTER READING

About the Author

Sophie Green is an author and publisher who lives in Sydney. She has written several fiction and non-fiction books, some under other names. In her spare time she writes about country music on her blog, Jolene. She grew up by the water in Sydney and will holiday by the ocean in preference to anywhere else. 

Sophie's debut novel, The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club, a Top Ten bestseller, was shortlisted for the Australian Book Industry Awards for General Fiction Book of the Year 2018, longlisted for the Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year 2018 and longlisted for the Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction 2018.