
The bestselling author of THE THORN BIRDS returns with a novel of laughter passion & more than a little magic! 1960 Sydneys Kings Cross. Harriet Purcell leaves her conventional respectable home & respectable passionless boyfriend & moves into a rooming house owned by Mrs. Delvecchio Schwartz. There Harriet finds a life she relishes -- excitement adventure & passion. Mrs. Delvecchio Schwartz makes a living from telling fortunes & is mother to 4-year-old Flo. Beautiful little Flo is mute & Harriet comes to love her as if Flo were her own -- & must protect her at all costs when tragedy strikes! Angel is Colleen Mc Cullough at her vintage best drawing on her own experiences of living in the Cross in the 1960s & writing of a world that has long gone. Most of all it is a tale of a womans love for a child & what she is prepared to endure to ensure her survival.