Reaching Tin River [Paperback] Thea Astley

Novel by Australian writer Thea Astley. Belle's mother was a drummer in an all women's group, her father was a trumpeter Belle met for the first time in a Manhatten jazz bar. She had a husband too - briefly. None of this added up to the centre she craved - until Gaden Lockyer appeared - love, obsession and Tin River.