Gathering Storm

Gathering Storm

English artist Storm Cizekova grew up believing her mother, Kita, died while giving birth to her, leaving her to be raised by her daunting great-grandmother and timid, confounded Nan. That is until her beloved Nan passes away and Storm discovers a photo of herself as a toddler in her mother's arms.

Delving into her hidden past, Storm uncovers her mother's diary which describes the chaotic, drug-fuelled last days of Kita's life in Australia with her toddler daughter and a man that no-one seems able to identify.

Storm leaves her home in London and her comfortable relationship with her successful boyfriend to set off across the world and follow her mother's footsteps through the harsh beauty of central Australia in a battered Kombi van.

With the vivid Australian outback as a backdrop, Storm embarks on a journey of self discovery, uncovered shocking secrets contained in a long forgotten past.

Gathering Storm is a compelling novel that explores the nature of truth, the power of lies and the damage they leave in their wake, as well as the courage it take to turn around and face the past.

Rosie Dub grew up in Adelaide and lived in Sydney, before moving to London where she worked as a book publicist and a reader for various publishers and literacy agents. She now lives in Tasmania with her husband and three children, where she works as a structural editor and teaches creative writing. She also tutors in Journalism and Media Studies at the University of Tasmania, where she is currently working towards a PhD, exploring the nature and function of story. Her fiction and travel writing have been published in anthologies, major newspapers, travel guides and magazines.

Gathering Storm
Penguin Australia
Author: Rosie Dub
Price: $24.95