THE TULIP TREE

Brothers Henryk and Adam Radecki's relationship is one of fraught love and jealously. Henryk, unhappily married, finds wealth and success as an industrialist, while Adi, a devoted vet, finds and loses love. Their bond is tested throughout their lives, from the 1920s, against the background of Poland's tragic and tumultuous relationship with Russia, until 1954 in the Snowy Mountains of Australia.

Family secrets constantly threaten to pull their lives apart, as Adi's wife Ela and her son Stefan provide a dramatic twist to this riveting tale. As the characters are caught up in the sweep of history, McCourt reveals the power of the moral choices we make in our lives.

Beautifully written, full of the detail of everyday life, its joys and suffering, THE TULIP TREE is a gripping and profoundly moving story of love, sacrifice and loyalty.

Suzanne McCourt has won prizes for her short stories and her first novel, THE LOST CHILD, was highly praised and longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award.