Marigold

Set in Adelaide, South Australia, in the 1930s, Nancy Cato's new novel is an enchanting story of a heroine whose journey from innocence to womanhood is both painful and endearing.

Marigold Trent longs to be a good reporter, to be better educated, to exchange her less than satisfactory family home for something more glamorous. But Adelaide seems to offer few opportunities, as Marigold meets foreign visitors off the ocean liners and reports on the newest stories from the zoo.

It is only when she uncovers the sad story of what happened to her beloved father that Marigold begins to face the hard work of growing up. Turning away from both family and the two young men in her life, Marigold journeys to the desert where her father was always at his happiest, in search of his old friends and their memories.

And there, she learns the truths that let her leave the past behind and face the future with joy.

Marigold is an authentic, warmly recalled picture of a vanished age by one of Australia's most distinguished novelists.