The Liyan Thread

About the Book

(Liyan pronounced Lee-yan)

Surviving drowning Cassie hopes for a fairytale life. Reality delivers discrimination, the forces of nature, sexual predators, loss of loved ones - all challenges she overcomes through her Liyan thread.

Starting in 1939 on a remote Island in the Indian Ocean, the story follows the life of Cassie, her family and friends, through the trials of growing up during World War II, the post-war era, the love affairs and difficulties of single parenthood. Spanning nearly thirty years, the reader will get an insight into the rough and tumble of outback life in Australia and the characters spawned by the times and the territory.

About the Author

Kate is a retired Psychotherapist and Public Speaker, who, as well as writing many articles that have been published in National and International (USA and France) Psychology Journals, has successfully self-published two books of non fiction (The Whodunnit of Life: Clues for Finding The Real You and The Gift of Life, A Gratitude Journal). She has a B.A. in English and Applied Science from Curtin University and is a member of the Western Pacific Association of Transactional Analysis (www.wpata.au). An amateur artist, Kate recently received a Highly Commended certificate from the York Art Society (W.A.) for her watercolour Misty Waters. She lives on Mindarie Marina (W.A.) with her husband Bill, has two daughters, three stepsons and eleven grandchildren.