A Distant Prospect – ISBN 9780987435101

Monthly Archives: August 2014

Sydney Conservatorium early 1920s — Paul from Dublin says “it was a joy” to read authentic Irish phrases in A Distant Prospect. Congratulations on a most uplifting epic, Annette! So seldom is it possible to find authors of fiction who set out to inspire, who are conscious that each one of us is called to […]

An Irish Review – each of us is called to ...

August 30, 2014 in Irish / Mrs Epstein / Reviews by francis

Click to visit Peter's Etsy shop — Peter Brandt expertly hand copies your photographs onto calico, in pastel and charcoal. Last week, I posted Annette’s photo on Facebook for her birthday. The next day, Peter surprised us with this beautiful copy! As Peter says on his website, “Send me a photo and I’ll draw it for you! […]

Amazing portraits in pastel and charcoal by Peter Brandt!

August 29, 2014 in Art by francis

Keep Calm and let the music teacher handle it — Annette’s character Mrs Epstein is far more than a music teacher. (Most music teachers are!) In Chapter Eight of A Distant Prospect, Mrs Epstein insists that Lucy can, and will, play in a string quartet, for the good of others as well as Lucy’s. Mrs Epstein had very weak, dark […]

Keep calm, and thank your music teacher!

August 17, 2014 in Lucy Straughan / Mrs Epstein / Music by francis

Lucy’s leg callipers gave this Great War veteran an opening for the black humour that helped him cope with his lost mobility. ‘I got mine at Bellicourt. Where’d you get yours?’ he asked me when I shook his hand, and he indicated my legs with a raise of an eyebrow […]

Music for war veterans

August 3, 2014 in Mrs Epstein / Music / North Sydney / Suffering / War by francis