Böcker av Tracy Farr

A humorous romp to the four corners of the Untied States by motorcycle.

An extended family gathers on one rainy weekend to pack up their summer house - and dig up long-buried memories.

Documentary filmmaker Mo Patterson approaches veteran musician Lena Gaunt after watching her play at a festival in Perth: her first performance in 20 years. While initially suspicious of Mo's intentions and reluctant to have her privacy invaded, Lena finds herself sharing stories from her past.From a solitary childhood in Malacca and a Perth boarding school, to a glittering career in Jazz-age Sydney, to quiet domesticity in a New-Zealand backwater, Lena's is a life characterized by the pull of the sea, the ebb and flow of passion and loss, and her enduring relationship with that extraordinary instrument, the theremin.Longlisted for the 2014 Miles Franklin Literary Award