This engaging book by Australian author Susan Duncan has become a bestseller at Doubleday Entertainment. The Briny Cafe is a debut fiction novel from the author of the bestselling memoir, Salvation Creek.
The plot:
Set in a fictional coastal town, this is a tale of friendship and love, and the search for a place to call home …
Ettie Brookbank is the heart and soul of Cook’s Basin, a sleepy offshore community. When she is offered ‘The Briny,’ a lopsided waterfront café, at a reduced price, it’s an opportunity too good to miss. But she needs a partner. Enter Kate Jackson, the town’s enigmatic new resident. Kate is running away from her unhappy life in the city. Could this café and its eccentric customers deliver the new start both women crave?
This book also includes several recipes in the back.
Book Review:
“You’ll fall in love with this gentle, character-filled tale.” – The Australian Women’s Weekly
About the author:
Susan Duncan is a former journalist and magazine editor. She famously lives at Tarrangaua, the house that was built for poet Dorothea Mackellar in 1925. Her memoir, Salvation Creek, won the Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award in 2007.
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