Deborah Ratliff

Deborah Ratliff was born in Sydney. She briefly taught art in secondary college before moving to London where she worked in a variety of jobs for several years – artist model, jeweller, cleaner, picture framer, gallery assistant. Since returning to Australia she has continued to work in the arts.

The Tree was her first novel and she is currently working on her second. She lives in Melbourne.

Books by Deborah Ratliff

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  The Tree

  Colin Chandler works for the National Trust as the Chairman of Significant Trees. He’s a reasonably content and self-sufficient man but he is also a man of obsessions. His particular interest in Chinese culture leads him to a series of encounters with the beautiful young gallery assistant, Kathryn Hu. What follows is a fascinating journey reaching back in time to Imperial China and then to the first immigrants of the Australian goldrush.

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