Facing the Sun

Facing the Sun

Helena Phillips

Helena Phillips

The Birdsville Track in outback Queensland becomes a highway to realisation for Jack an indigenous youth worker. Its seductive serenity is punctuated by several 'other-worldly' intrusions threatening to spirit him away into madness. But the pervading desire for a lover to replace the memories of Tim wins out, bringing new hope. Not racism, his mother's acute illness, nor his nephew's physical and emotional battles can prevent him from giving his heart again. Reunions with long lost family prove not all they're cracked up to be, yet hope triumphs. In this finale of the Caretakers Trilogy, Facing the Sun considers cultural and spiritual identity.
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Eleven Hundred Sand Dunes

Eleven Hundred Sand Dunes

Helena Phillips

Helena Phillips

The unusual world of the Caretakers in Reluctant Activists is followed by Eleven Hundred Sand Dunes shifting and deepening the expanding stories of the characters as they tackle the ups and downs of the aftermath and the challenges ahead. Each character's journey is not only an exploration of the physical world, but also one of personal discovery, resilience and frustrating, yet exhilarating, action. They face the eyes of the law, overcome the tricksters thrown in by the Source, and desperately struggle to maintain their somewhat normal lives. To triumph over hurdles requires supporting one another, and it is these poignant and tender experiences of love in the face of adversity which bring the characters and their stories together. Set first in Melbourne and then across Victoria's eastern coast, the story finally reaches the Simpson Desert. Eleven Hundred Sand Dunes is an exploration not only of the fast paced and demanding world we came to know in Reluctant...
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Reluctant Activists

Reluctant Activists

Helena Phillips

Helena Phillips

Four spirit beings-part angel/part human-have been arguing about the state of the planet and how to rescue it from doom. The Source of all life, their boss, appears to be taking an archaeological view of time, whilst these Caretakers want to step in and set the world straight. Without any real agreement between them, events are set in place when Homarta decides to choose two humans who have signed petitions. To get their attention and command their respect, she causes an earthquake. However, the two are very Reluctant Activists. Rather than changing the world, they are drawn into experiences of the spiritual which lead them along unexpected paths. It becomes a love story filled with challenge and hope.
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