Writing — Jessica White

In the 1870s two remarkable women meet in a remote country town in Western Australia. Ingrid is hundreds of miles from home, trying to distance herself from a broken heart after her lover was forced to marry. Ellyn is a young woman living in stark isolation and driven close to madness by the death of her baby daughter. Ellyn's husband is away indefinitely, and she's had no word from him. When the two women meet, they forge a bond that grows ever deeper. But can their intimacy find acceptance in their conventional world?

A Curious Intimacy is available as an ebook from Booktopia, Dymocks, Kobo and Google Play.

“White ventriloquises 19th-century English with precocious sureness and, at its best, her descriptive prose is rhythmic, vivid, sensuous.”

— Matt Buchanan and Jenny Tabakov, The Sydney Morning Herald

“What does set the book apart from your average romance novel ... is the crisp precision of White’s language, especially her pinpoint descriptions of the flora.”

— Diane Stubbings, Canberra Times

Eight years after the mysterious disappearance of her much-loved brother Eliot, Cate McConville finally returns to her family farm – only to discover that her ageing parents want to sell up and sever her only remaining link to him.

Torn between her childhood memories and the present, Cate reconnects with an Indigenous employee of her father's, Mellor, who becomes crucial to the resolution of her dilemma.

Entitlement is a compelling story about loss, the heart, and the meaning of home for Indigenous and white Australians.

Entitlement is available as an ebook from ReadCloud, Google Play, Kobo and Amazon.

“White achieves a sensitive and nuanced story, granting non-indigenous readers access to some of the complex issues surrounding the loss of identity and home that, unfortunately, is an overly familiar experience for Indigenous Australians.”

— Natasha Molt, Canberra Times