Why didn't my mother tell me about this wedding? Who was the plump, broad-shouldered man she married so long ago? And what of my father, who came to visit us at Christmas?
Growing up in her grandparents' house, Sally delights in her father's rare visits. But why does he leave so soon and where does he go? What are the secrets hiding in Sally's mother's navy-blue suitcase?
Throughout her unusual childhood in Yorkshire and adventurous life travelling the world, the mystery remains unsolved. Sally dines with the Bedouin, climbs aboard an oil tanker at midnight for a romantic rendezvous, and confronts black magic. After twenty years a nomad Australia becomes home and her stories continue, enough to fill a suitcase or two of her own.
Sally van Gent was born in England, where she trained as a teacher at Bretton Hall College for Music, Art and Drama. She has lived in twenty houses across the globe, but with handmade rugs, Arabian coffee pots and an assortment of dogs, each one became home. She finally settled on ten acres in the Bendigo bush.