Esther Naylor – författare

Tully becomes entangled in an incomprehensibly disturbing situation, when she and her pre-teenage son, Harry, move into a rented apartment following her marriage breakdown. Unable to obtain any constructive action, even after showing police evidence of home invasion and stalking, she becomes silent about the escalating trauma in her life, still readily socialising and functioning successfully as a loving, working mother. She never tells Harry. But, her identity as Tully slips into the Woman, powerless and emotionally isolated even when part of a loving family. Many become aware of her situation but nobody will intervene. Except for Hugo. 

In their late teens, Moshe, an ultra-orthodox Jew and Eva, traditionally Jewish, flee the Nazis in Wloclawek, Poland, dodging death in the Białowieża forest, seeking refuge in Russia. When World War II ends, they journey by ship to Australia, arriving with a two-year-old, a baby, a small brown suitcase and five pounds, sent to them by their sponsors. They successfully adjust to life in Australia, a country they love, but ultimately they experience more than they reckoned for.