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In Conversation with J Mary Masters

Ballarat Mechanics Institute

117-119 Sturt Street,
Ballarat Central VIC 3350

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  • Tue 21 Oct

6pm–7:30pm

$11.78 per person

Includes light refreshment, also includes gst and booking fee

Judith will be talking about her new book - Winds of Change. Book 5 in the Belleville Family Series.

As a shocking betrayal unravels, a child's future hangs in the balance. Cracks appear within the Belleville family. Against this background, a new house will rise from the ashes but not before the old house gives up its long buried secrets.

It is six years on from the end of the fourth book, Heirs and Successors. It is 1976. The three Belleville siblings — Richard, William and Julia — are now in their fifties.

After years of turmoil, life seems settled, except for a shocking betrayal that begins to unravel. As this betrayal is inevitably revealed, a child's future hangs in the balance.

Cracks appear that threaten the Belleville family's unity. Can this close family survive the upheaval that's coming?

Against this backdrop, Julia is determined a new house will rise from the ashes of the original Prior Park mansion but not before the old house gives up its long buried secrets, casting doubt on the very origin of the Belleville family.

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