The Legacy of Old Gran Parks

Southern Australia, 1983. While Middle-aged stalwart Miriam rolls into town in her broken down car, Frankie - a deer hunter - is up in the forested hinterland with her gun.Meanwhile, fisherwoman Old Pearl sits on her front deck with her dog, a glass of whiskey in her hand, and Emily, the English backpacker, scrubs out the pie-encrusted kitchen at the roadhouse.But all is not well.Gran Parks is stirring.Four troubled women. One restless spirit.Who will survive? A Londoner originally, Isobel Blackthorn has chalked up over seventy addresses to date, in various locations in England, Australia, Spain and the Canary Islands. Elements of her extraordinary life have a habit of finding their way into her fiction, providing her with a ready supply of inspiration.Unlike her characters, Isobel now lives with her little white cat in Queensland, Australia. In her free time, she enjoys gardening, learning Spanish, visiting family and friends and travelling overseas, especially to the Canary Islands.