Story and illustrations by  Ia Uaro

Humour. Socio fiction. Coming-of-age. Love story

A love no reader will ever forget...

Humorous fiction, socio fiction, coming-of-age adventure fiction and a love story, SYDNEY'S SONG follows an undefeatable girl's courageous journey to adulthood.

Olympic fever runs high in the Australian summer of 1999 and 17-year-old Sydney has caught it. Little does she know taking a holiday job in the beehive that is the Olympics' public-transport call centre will be life altering. Shaken by her parents’ divorce, the sheltered Aussie is further plagued by abusive callers, obnoxious government agencies, constrictive office rules, and liberated friends. She is trying to negotiate these challenges as her own personal Olympics when Pete finds her. Pete, Boston's former child prodigy whose soothing voice floats across her workstation, sees through Sydney's tough outer shell. Pete knows what it takes to present a dignified front when all you want to do is howl at the moon. Treating their friendship like an art, he invests time and creative effort to pull Sydney out of her despair.

Tragedy strikes when an accident leaves Pete with a major brain injury in a Boston hospital. Their families think Sydney is too young to cope with all the complications, but she doesn't agree. After all that he has done for her, Sydney refuses to leave Pete with people who view him only as an endless chore. Deferring her university studies, alone in a foreign land facing new trials, Sydney stays at his side—even when he doesn't recognise her.

Set in Sydney and Boston where heartbreaks are juxtaposed humour and based on true story and real events, this novel with an Australian accent also shows the world that living with disabilities does not prevent a person from attaining happiness.

UPMARKET FICTION. FICTIONALISED TRUE STORIES.

Coming-of-age. Humour. Drama. Love story.

For 15 to 99, males and females, readers of any genre who occasionally want something different.

ISBN-10: 1478157453 ISBN-13: 978-1478157458

“Sydney's Song is a fantastic love story grounded quite firmly in a suburban setting with real  characters. An honest and emotional story  of incredible passion and emotion. Its serious story of love and heartbreak  is expertly juxtaposed against the humour of the call centre."—JACOB COATES,

novelist, publisher, speaker

"Sydney's Song demonstrates the way in which human beings can thrive under adversity using the power of their hearts and wills."— MATT POSNER,

novelist, teacher, speaker