Delicious descriptions: Gay Lynch on place, in colonial South Australia

October 24, 2020 / Whispering Gums / 4 Comments

In my recent post on Gay Lynch's historical fiction novel, Unsettled, I spent so much time writing about it, that I didn't share any quotes as I usually do, so I'm using a Delicious Descriptions post to share just a couple of descriptions of the setting, which is around Gambierton/Mt Gambier in South Australia. In … Continue reading Delicious descriptions: Gay Lynch on place, in colonial South Australia

Gay Lynch, Unsettled (#BookReview)

October 18, 2020October 19, 2020 / Whispering Gums / 23 Comments

Coincidentally, my first review after this week's Monday Musings on historical fiction happens to be a work of historical fiction, Gay Lynch's cleverly titled Unsettled. Consequently, I'm going to start there, that is, talking about the form. Well, more or less, because I should at least give you a sense of its subject. It is … Continue reading Gay Lynch, Unsettled (#BookReview)