From the bestselling author of The Wattle Island Book Club comes a deeply moving story about the power of discovering your voice. Set between 1973 and present day, Sandie Docker expertly interweaves the stories of three women to confront the very real issues many face in modern-Australia every day from homelessness to the unhealed scars of historic forced adoption.
For years, lost and lonely women found their home in the stately federation house by Lyrebird Lake and their family in the Lyrebird Lake Ladies Choir, run by sisters Eleanor and Maggie. When Eleanor enters the choir into the All Voices Championship, it offers them all a chance to make up for lost dreams. At the same time, single mum Hannah arrives in town, homeless after being widowed and hoping for a new start with her son. With her angelic voice, Hannah could give the choir a winning edge. But when Eleanor hears her singing a long-forgotten lullaby, she is transported to her past, a traumatic time when two teenage girls were banished from their Irish homeland to a faraway country. Will Hannah’s arrival mend old wounds, or will the secret she unknowingly carries tear the sisters apart?
