Dot is a 78-year-old mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She lives in Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia, with her husband. In recent years, Dot completed a Science Degree, majoring in psychology. Her interest in the story of the Batavia started with her last book, The History Teacher.
Josie, the heroine of the book, becomes a history teacher. She marries Addy and conceives a daughter before he dies. Having read the letters written from Malaya by her great-great-aunt in 1900, she learns about a disease that repeats itself in her daughter, requiring radical surgery. She becomes emotionally involved with the paediatrician who looks after her daughter. Read about their love story.
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