Ellen Tipping: 3 books

It was her fathers funeral. Fionas son, Luke, with insight and eloquence, captured the exuberant essence of the man. Edward arrived late and stood anxiously at the back, his eyes locked on Luke as he spoke. His timing had been exquisite, painfully and tragically so. He left abruptly without speaking...

Peter and Kate host an end-of-year dinner for Peters colleagues. All is going well until Petras name is mentioned. Lying in bed later that evening, Kate recalls the first time she heard Petras name and the circumstances and events that followed. Peter moved to Sydney, initially for two years. Kate...

Set in Australia against the background of a nations changing identity and the sexual revolution of the seventies, First Minute After Noon is a story of loveromantic, marital, and maternal; betrayal; and commitment. It is a story, too, of an emerging sense of being Australian, an exaltation in that...