Backwards Into the Future

Everyone says you can't go back, but Mary has to do it. It's the only way she can silence a voice from the past. And find her childhood friend, Ana. Kui is pushing her, Ana is resisting. Between the two women there's much to be resolved. The plum tree and the manuka have both gone, but a lemon tree thrives. The mystery that surrounded the last voyage of the Marakihau might never be solved; but if Ana returns, their friendship and some things from the past can be recovered. Can't they? "I love Every Five Minutes from the same Author, and am delighted to find this book shows her beautiful writing just as well. The characters are very real and there's a similar delicate touch to the prose. Bronwyn Elsmore has a real gift for saying just enough without too much. Backwards Into the Future is a novel with the feel of a memoir about it. I find the combination very appealing." - J.M. -