Bye Beautiful book cover

Bye, Beautiful

Children’s Book Council of Australia Notable Book;
Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards shortlist;
WA Premier’s Book Awards shortlist

About the book

Bye, Beautiful is a town and family drama about a policeman’s family in the 1960s, set in a wheatbelt town. It centres on the story of socially awkward fourteen-year-old Sandy and her confident older sister, Marianne. When their policeman father is transferred to a small town, both sisters soon find themselves irresistibly drawn to Billy, the town heartthrob, a part-Aboriginal apprentice mechanic. Despite a previous engagement to a man in Perth, and the warnings of those around her, Marianne takes the attraction one step further and, for the era, one step too far…

Buy from your local bookshop or try

Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Fellowship Shortlist icon     NOTABLE STICKER 2015_publish (1)

Reviews