Four unraveling women flee Sydney to a cliff-top house on Tasmania’s wild coast—one month to trade ambition for salt air, secrets for dawn swims, and old maps for new selves. Tasmania doesn’t just receive them. It reshapes them. And together they start to see new possibilities.

“I’m full of admiration for the way in which you’ve developed each of the characters and kept the momentum of the story lines going.  And your lyrical descriptions of Tasmanian landscapes helped remind me that it’s not always like some version of Patagonia as my garden has been battered to pieces over the past days.

I really liked the underlying themes that change is possible in people's lives if the will and wish is there, and that reclamation and redemption can happen, all interwoven with an appreciation of the natural world.

In Tasmania Bella you give a finely wrought and gentle exploration of possible ways to live lives, not always in the mainstream, and a reminder that to stop and take stock can lead to new paths to investigate and discover unexpected friendships and relationships.”

“Sam!! I finally finished your book yesterday. I loved it! 👏👏👏 It was the perfect read for me right now and I’m full of inspiration to get back into my own. I loved the characters and the way you unfurled it all so beautifully immersed in the landscape and social/environmental issues of the day. It was like a warm hug, very uplifting and thoughtful. You had so many beautiful lines in there which I underlined.”