Poinciana
Wakefield Press, $24.95 pb, 216 pp
Fiction
Poinciana by Jane Turner Goldsmith
by Annie Condon •
South Australian publishers Wakefield Press claim on their website: ‘We love good stories and make beautiful books.’ Poinciana has narrative potential, but is undermined by weak characterisation and unpredictable changes in time and narrative. What makes it a ‘beautiful book’, though, is its exotic backdrop of New Caledonia and its depictions of the landscape, including the brilliant red-flowered tree, the Poinciana.
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Poinciana
by Jane Turner Goldsmith
Wakefield Press, $24.95 pb, 216 pp
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