The Sister’s Gift

Barbara Hannay

Aug 2020 · Penguin Group Australia · Narrated by Sarah Kennedy

About this audiobook

Two sisters, one baby and the best of intentions...

As a vibrant, young woman with a lifetime of possibilities ahead of her, Freya grants her sister, Pearl, the ultimate gift of motherhood. However, this comes at a hefty price - an unexpected rift in her family and the loss of the man she loves.

Decades later, Freya is divorced, childless and homeless, at rock bottom after losing everything she's worked for. When her estranged niece, Billie, offers sanctuary, managing the family restaurant on beautiful Magnetic Island, Freya can hardly refuse.

Billie has never understood the tension between her mother and her aunt and now, with a newly broken heart, she is nursing a family secret of her own. All three women come together under the tropical Queensland skies, but can they let go of past regrets, or will old tensions tear them further apart?

By the bestselling author of Meet Me in Venice, this is a moving and inspiring novel in a stunning setting about choices and consequences and the redemptive power of love.

About the author

Barbara Hannay (Author)
A former English teacher, Barbara Hannay is a city-bred girl with a yen for country life. Many of her forty-plus books are set in rural and outback Australia and have been enjoyed by readers around the world. She has won the RITA, awarded by Romance Writers of America, and has twice won the Romantic Book of the Year award in Australia. In her own version of life imitating art, Barbara and her husband currently live on a misty hillside in beautiful Far North Queensland where they keep heritage pigs and chickens and an untidy but productive garden.

Sarah Kennedy (Reader)
Award-winning actress Sarah Kennedy has enjoyed an exciting career in theatre, film and voiceover, working regularly with companies such as the Queensland Theatre Company (now Queensland Theatre), La Boite, Grin &, Tonic Theatre Troupe and Queensland Arts Council, among many others. Feature films include All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane, Jucy and The Last Man on Earth.
Since 2002, Sarah has also established herself as a popular and highly-sought-after voice talent based in Brisbane. Sarah's voice is regularly heard amongst Australian audiences for big branding campaigns - Q Super, The Coffee Club, Suncorp, RACQ, Qld Health, Franklyn Blinds, The Queensland Government, Tangalooma Island Resort, The Federal Government, QM Properties, Regional Australia Bank, Electoral Commission Queensland . and that's just the tip of the iceberg.