Book launch

Three Juliets | Minnie Darke

In conversation with Lara Giddings. 

Three Dresses … Three Daughters … One search …

In 1980, designer Claudie Miller is a household name. Girls are begging their mothers to make them her famous dress, the ‘Juliet’. But there’s a big hole in Claudie’s life – sixteen years ago she was forced to give up her baby for adoption. Now she’s in a race to track her daughter down before it’s too late.

In 1980, Roisin, Miranda and Bindi are turning sixteen on the same day. Raised in different families, in different parts of the country, they know nothing about each other … or their connection to the dress every teenager is talking about. But the Juliet was designed with one of them in mind – and its threads are slowly pulling them closer to the truth.

Minnie Darke, a pen name of Tasmanian novelist Danielle Wood, is the author of is the author of the bestselling novel Star-crossed, winner of the Margaret Scott People’s Choice Award, and which has now been published in over 30 countries. She is also the author of The Lost Love Song and With Love from Wish & Co. She lives in Tasmania with her husband and family.

In 1996, Lara Giddings became the youngest women ever elected to an Australian Parliament, going on to serve as Tasmania’s premier from 2011 to 2014. She is the current CEO of AMA Tasmania. Incidentally, Danielle and Lara were both born in 1972, the peak year in Australia for adoption; Lara was also the Premier who delivered the apology to the thousands of Tasmanians affected by the Government’s past forced adoptions policies.

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