Swift River
Essie Chambers.
An incredible blend of intimate and epic – Curtis Sittenfeld.
Summer 1987. On the sweltering streets of the dying New England mill town of Swift River, sisteen-year-old Diamond Newbury is desperately lonely.
It’s been seven years since her father disappeared, and while her mother is determined to move on, Diamond can’t distance herself from his memory. When Diamond receives a letter from a relative she has never met, she unearths long-buried secrets of her family’s past and discovers a legacy she never knew she was missing. The more she learns, however, the harder it becomes
Our library stands on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work, learn and create. Always Was, Always Will Be, Aboriginal Land.
