Pregnant, abandoned, and homeless, Maureen battles to survive a Swedish
winter until help arrives in the form of a mysterious woman with a
veiled past. With the prospect of being deported, Maureen learns who her
real friends are, especially when she faces suspicion due to her links
to a suspected criminal. Meanwhile in Australia, Maureen's family is
scrambling to help her when the health of her unscrupulous father
declines and he needs the intervention of his estranged family members
to salvage both his dignity and finances. In this engaging, rollicking
yet poignant sequel to Lillian's Eden, we see Maureen's ambition to
explore the world encounter its harsh realities, and her mother Lillian
using her resourcefulness and intelligence to tackle the ongoing family
dramas at home. This is a novel about women in the world in the 1960s,
both at home and abroad, and their resilience and capacity to manage
their lives at a time when others want to take that independence and
decision-making from them.