Julie Carbone
Julie debut novel Harry takes her father's lived Aussie outback tales and creates a raw and exciting fictional biography that grabs from the first chapter, delivering laughter and inspiration. She has spent most of her life managing the stress of her role as an anaesthetic nurse but has now swapped that for a nine-to-five desk job fighting cancer. Definitely more suited to her increasing age, it is a daily reminder to value the simple, often taken for granted things of life. She lives with her husband, on the beautiful western coast of Adelaide. A member of the Australian Writers' Centre and Writers Centre SA, she has completed numerous creative writing courses and is currently working on her second novel.
Historical/biographical fiction
Harry
When 18-year-old Harry is just beginning to find his feet after a difficult childhood in post-WWI Adelaide, he experiences heart-rending rejection and runs away to the Australian outback where, as an awkward station hand, he discovers a rare talent for shearing. Success as a gun shearer gives him confidence he's only dreamed of but also brings with it, the biggest battle of his life. A challenge that needs someone bigger than himself to overcome. Harry is a historical fiction based on the true story of a profoundly deaf boy who endures bullying, abandonment and coming of age escapades. Then as a man, he encounters the tough but honest breed of men from the Aussie bush where he discovers success, failure, true friendship and love. Filled with humourous tales of life in the incredible Australian outback, it brings hope to each of us that have ever faced a life impacting challenge.
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