Silver Highways

In 1906, Lucy Fox is sailing to Melbourne with her sister Rosa, when a tragic landfall leaves her life entangled with gentle Sam, cynical Danny and beautiful Gideon. After Rosa's scandalous elopement, Lucy discovers a new world of silks, spices and pearlshell in wild Broome, where breaking the rules is a way of life. But the Great War begins and Lucy's beloved must go to sea, where U-boats are stalking the last of the great sailing ships. And when peace returns, the influenza pandemic comes too. "A beautiful, poignant coming-of-age tale that kept me reading from start to finish." Goodreads