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Genre - Australian fiction
Alison Booth born in Melbourne and grew up in Sydney and spent 2 decades in the UK and returned to Melbourne. She is also a Professor of Economics at the Australian National University.
9 year old Zidra Vincent met Jim Cadwallader in their beautiful home town of Jingera. Jim ended up as a respected war correspondent in Cambodia and Zidra a reporter at the Sydney Morning Herald. Jim is exposed and captured by the Viet Cong and his family are advised of him being shot. Zidra who has always wanted to end up with Jim is absolutely devastated.
In the meantime Zidra is embroiled in protecting her very good friend who is fighting for the rights of the aboriginals in Australia, and is being followed by a Government sleuth who pressurizes her to spy, for the sake of her family. Zidra, learns more about what is happening with her friend Daisy and gives her a tape to record any meetings that are held with this fictitious named-sleuth. This ends up with Zidra’s writing a front-page explosive article on politics and government wrong-doing for which she is widely congratulated.
A very good fictional read and most believable considering Australia’s participation in the Vietnam War at the expense of freedom.
---- Reviewed by Judy, Rowville Bookchat
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