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Lyn Hughes

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Lyn Hughes, the Sydney based author of Flock is coming to Parramatta City Library for a lunch time author talk on 3rd of August, from 1 -2 pm.

Born in Wales in 1952, Lyn spent eighteen years in South Africa before settling in Australia in 1982. Her three novels are – THE FACTORY (1990) which was shortlisted for the National Book Council’s New Writing Award; ONE WAY MIRRORS (1993) and THE BRIGHT HOUSE (2000). Lyn divides her time between Sydney and the Blue Mountains.

Lyn Hughes’s latest novel is proof that time is indeed an author’s best friend. Flock is a carefully crafted, in-depth hybrid of historical fiction and biography.

Flock – a review for the coming author talk

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Title: Flock

Author: Lyn Hughes

New South Wales : HarperCollins

Sarah P’s pick

This novel interweaves the stories of two generations- Francis Sprigge and Lilian Powys and their daughterAdelaide(Addie) and is set in the  ‘50’s, ‘60’s and ‘80’s; mostly around theBlue Mountainsarea.

Francis and Lilian meet at Central station, fall in love and eventually move to theBlue Mountains. Francis starts a successful career as a wallpaper designer. Lilian loves her husband and daughter but is unsettled. She has her own aspirations and is dealing with a troubled childhood.

Adelaideis the leader of a team of conservators restoring a historical mansion for a Bicentennial project. She returns to the area she grew up in. Also she is helping a writer composing a biography of her father so the past is very much in her mind. As she reveals the history of the house she thinks about her own history.

Come and meet the author and hear her talk about her book at Parramatta Library on Wednesday 6th August from 1 -2 pm.