The Operator by Gretchen Berg

The Operator by Gretchen BergIt's 1952. The switchboard operators in Wooster, Ohio, love nothing more than to eavesdrop on their neighbours' conversations, and gossip about what they learn. Vivian Dalton is no different (despite her teenage daughter's disapproval), and always longs to hear something scandalous. But on the night of December 15th, she wishes she hadn't. The secret that's shared by a stranger on the line threatens to rip the rug of Vivian's life from under her.

author of Finding Eadie

now avenger - has found shelter

A history she's reluctant to revisit- dark memories and unspoken trauma

She never minded starting over because she always had her mum

Inspired by research into her own family history

and a girl who eats a whale

collected over thirty years

But it is the teacher who is educated by the Yanyuwa elders and their families

Eyrie asks how

you'll love this beautiful new edition of a seminal American classic

music and passion

Because in English we would say 'big red ball'