Gathering Storm by Rosie Dub

Artist Storm Cizekova was told her mother died in childbirth so she grew up with her grandmother and great-grandparents in England. Amongst the snow and a family of secrets, half-answered questions and gypsy lore, Storm always felt the death was her fault, but when her last surviving relative, her grandmother, dies suddenly, Storm finds a photo of herself and her mother. She must have been about two years old. When she reads her mother’s diary she decides to travel back to Australia to retrace the journey she and her mother had taken twenty five years previously, trying to piece together some answers about her past so she can move into her future. Will that future still include her partner Max? Storm’s journey through Australia’s stark outback is moving, confronting and challenging. What she discovers is heartbreaking and inspiring. I had to give up listening to the CDs and read the book when I found myself sitting in the car in the garage in the dark. This is a great read!
Helen