Black Painted Fingernails
'How about we toss a coin? Heads, it's west and a lift. Tails, it's still west, but no lift.'
James is heading into the country on his first teacher-training round when a mysterious girl asks him for a ride. Sophie has him all worked out: you live with your parents and they bought you this car, and a very nice car it is too
At first James can't see past her wild hair and attitude, but then Sophie trusts him with a secret she's been keeping too long.
Steven Herrick masterfully reveals the essence of his characters in this tough and tender story about opening up to love and living a life that's true.
Black Painted Fingernails is a captivating novel by the author of By the River and other popular, award-winning books.
Steven Herrick was born in Brisbane, the youngest of seven children. At school his favourite subject was soccer, and he dreamed of football glory while he worked at various jobs, including fruit-picking. For the past twenty years he's been a full-time writer of books for children and teenagers, and he visits many schools both in Australia and overseas each year. His books have twice won the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, and have been shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year on six occasions.
Steven lives in the Blue Mountains with his wife Cathie. They have two adult sons, Jack and Joe.
Black Painted Fingernails
Allen and Unwin
Author: Steven Herrick
Price: $19.99
