Subjects:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Lesbian studies
Of specific Lesbian interest
Alix Clemenger, sophisticate and internationally famous composer and concert pianist, is the toast of high society. A succession of momentous milestones has determined her life and career, the last being when she meets Tansie Landon. Tansie, beautiful, enigmatic, fragile, is -- although not yet successful -- an exceptional sculptor. But Tansie's childhood of abuse and neglect has left her so emotionally scarred that love has become a source of embattlement. When Tansie begins to display towards Alix the same harshness and indifference she knew as a child, she tests Alix's love to its limit and pushes herself to the edge of destruction. In the end, Tansie's gift to Alix is a lesson in the possibilities and limitations of love.
Erika Kimpton was born and raised in Switzerland where she studied Interior Architecture, before moving to Australia in 1967. Since then she has enjoyed a successful career as an interior designer before taking to writing fiction. This is her first novel. She continues to work in her profession, travels extensively and is currently working on her second and third novels. She lives in Melbourne with her four children.