The Winds of Heaven
Shortlist year:
2010
Shortlist category:
Young adult literature
Published by:
Allen & Unwin
About the book
When Fan was little she dreamed of magical countries in the far away blue hills. As she grew up she dreamed of love, and the boys came after her one by one by one.
Clementine thought her cousin Fan's house in the country had a special smell: of sun and dust and kerosene and the wild honey they ate for breakfast on their toast. But then there were the feelings: the anger that smelled like iron and the disappointment that smelled like mud.
Fan was strong and beautiful and Clementine thought she'd always be like that. But Fan was seeking something, and neither she nor Clementine knew exactly what.
With sharp poetic prose, insight and compassion, Judith Clarke tells a moving and beautiful story as she traces the lives of two young women, separated by circumstance, but linked forever by blood and friendship.
About the author
Judith Clarke
Judith Clarke was born in Sydney and educated at the University of New South Wales and the Australian National University in Canberra. She has worked as a teacher and librarian, and in Adult Education in Victoria and New South Wales.
She now lives in the Blue Mountains in New South Wales.
A major force in Young adult fiction both in Australia and internationally, Judith Clarke's novels include the multi-award-winning Wolf on the Fold, as well as Friend of my Heart, Night Train, Starry Nights, and the very popular and funny Al Capsella series.
She is unsurpassed in her ability to convey complex emotional states with acute understanding and compassion. Kalpana's Dream was named an Honor Book in the prestigious Boston Globe/Horn Book Awards. Her most recent novel, One Whole and Perfect Day was an Honor Book in the Prestigious YA Printz awards.
