Bushfire Bride

© 2000

Dear Reader,

Bushfires in Australia are terrifying and catastrophic, but they’re also unavoidable if our native forests are to regenerate. The blackened landscape means death and destruction-but it also promises new life.

The forest near my home was destroyed two years ago and afterward I drove across the charred landscape with despair. Now my dog, Harry, and I walk through the newly regenerated forest with joy.

Rachel, my heroine in Bushfire Bride, has also felt despair, but the Cowral Bay bushfire (as well as the Cowral Bay doctor!) brings her joy and laughter and a new beginning. As with our bushfire, the destruction signals a new beginning for a whole community.

This book is a celebration of life after catastrophe. I hope you love reading it as much as I loved writing it.

Warm regards,

Marion Lennox