Lines in the Sand

Anne Deveson

May 2010 · Bolinda · Narrated by Susan Lyons

About this audiobook

In 1975, at the age of 20, Hannah Coady thinks she can change the world. Fiery and idealistic, she proves her mettle as a journalist in the terrible famine in Ethiopia, and is changed forever by the experience. But it's not just the starvation and the politics that change her, it's the beginning of a great love for two remarkable men: Waldo, a cynical but endearing British filmmaker, and Ezekiel, a Rwandan radical whose fervour is a match for Hannah's own. Over the decades Hannah's commitment is frequently tested in the international disaster zones she covers. Her connections with Waldo and Ezekiel ebb and flow, until 1994, in the aftermath of genocide in Rwanda, the unthinkable happens.

About the author

Anne Deveson is a writer, broadcaster and documentary filmmaker with a long involvement in human rights issues. She was born in Kuala Lumpur; spent her childhood moving between Malaysia, Britain and Australia; then worked as a journalist for the BBC and the London bureau of the New York Times. In Australia, she became the first woman to run her own daily current affairs radio program. In 1974, she was appointed a Royal Commissioner with the Royal Commission on Human Relationships, and in 1978, a founding member of the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board. Her writing includes the internationally acclaimed Tell Me I'm Here, which won the 1991 Human Rights Award for non-fiction.

Susan Lyons is an Australian actress whose television appearances include A Country Practice, Police Rescue, Murder Call, Farscape, Something in the Air and All Saints. Her film appearances include Winds of Jarrah, No Worries, Crackers, In a Savage Land, Black and White, Corroboree and Martin Four. She was also an artistic consultant on the 2004 Broadway production of I Am My Own Wife directed by Moisés Kaufman. She is married to Tony Award-winning theatre and film actor Jefferson Mays.