Chasing the Horizon

Family history, secrets and adventure, from the Adelaide Hills to a wild, little-known land, in master storyteller Di Morrissey's stunning 32nd novel. In 1912, Dora Thompson leaves Sydney to take up a role in New Guinea as a governess. Instead, she finds herself without work and stranded - until she meets an intriguing group of German and English residents who have made New Guinea their home. As she enters their extraordinary world, the shadow of war falls over the German-controlled island, changing all their lives. Over a century later, filmmaker Chloe arrives in the Adelaide Hills to retrace her family history and make a feature film, inspired by her great-grandmother Dora's writings about her life. Little does she know how her own life will change. Separated by generations, Chloe discovers that she and Dora share a daring search for purpose, independence and happiness in the most unexpected of places ...