Beyond Home: A daughter's journey - Tapa blanda

On her father’s death, Eve Robinson discovers a diary that reveals his life was a lie. He has not just been a public servant in Australia, but has a mysterious past in Burma far from Australian shores. Why did he lie to her? What really happened to her mother? Eve embarks on a journey to Burma to discover who her father was. On the way, she becomes involved in a kidnapping, political intrigue, corruption and murder. She forges an unlikely bond with a charismatic Burmese soldier who will do anything to become the leader. What starts as an accident, turns into a crusade as Eve tries to rediscover the father she thought she knew.

Robin Bower is a writer and accredited editor with more than 20 years publishing experience in Australia and overseas. She was publishing manager of a magazine in Hong Kong, where she reported on the diamond and jewelry industry in Asia and Europe. Robin taught Writing, Editing and Publishing at Curtin University, Perth in 2011. She has had almost 50 articles published in publications based in Hong Kong, Perth and Melbourne, and was awarded her Master of Creative Writing from the University of Canberra in 2011. Robin lives with her husband in Perth, Western Australia. Beyond Home is her first novel. Her second novel, set in Perth and Afghanistan, will be available soon. For more information, see www.robinbower.com.au.