Backwards Into the Future

You can’t go back, her friends say, but Mary has to do it. Going back to her old hometown is the only way she can silence a voice from the past. And find her childhood friend, Ana.
Kui is pushing her, Ana is holding back, and between the two women there’s much to be resolved.
The plum tree and the manuka have gone, but a lemon tree thrives. The mystery surrounding the last voyage of the Marakihau may never be solved; but if Ana returns, their friendship and some things from the past can be recovered. Can’t they?

“I love Every Five Minutes from the same Author, and am
delighted to find this book shows her beautiful writing just
as well. The characters are very real and there’s a similar
delicate touch to the prose. Bronwyn Elsmore has a real gift
for saying just enough without too much.
Backwards Into the Future is a novel with the feel of a
memoir about it – I find the combination very appealing.”
– J.M. –