Book description
A powerful story of love and loss, secrets and revelations - and making
sense of a past that once seemed perfect. For Tom Brennan, life is about
rugby, mates and family - until a night of celebration changes his life
forever. Tom's world explodes as his brother Daniel is sent to jail and
the Brennans are forced to leave the small town Tom's lived in his whole
life. Tom is a survivor, but he needs a ticket out of the past just as
much as Daniel. He will find it in many forms . . . J. C. Burke was
born in Sydney in 1965, the fourth of five sisters. With writers for
parents, she grew up in a world of noise, drama and books, but she
decided to become a nurse after her mother lost a long battle with
cancer. Since Burke started writing in 1999, she has published a number
of acclaimed books for teenagers and young adults, including Children's
Book Council Notable Books White Lies and The Red Cardigan, Aurealis
Awards finalist Nine Letters Long, The Story of Tom Brennan, Faking
Sweet, Starfish Sisters, Ocean Pearl and Pig Boy. The Story of Tom
Brennan won the 2006 CBC Book of the Year - Older Readers and the 2006
Australian Family Therapists Award for Children's Literature. It is
currently on the NSW HSC syllabus list. Jane lives in Sydney with her
family.
