For readers of Where the Crawdads Sing and The Kite Runner.

Kookaburra is a novel of friendship, fracture, and the enduring imprint of childhood.

In a drought-stricken Australian village, Jetta, Felicity, and Uli grow up inseparable, sharing the hidden refuge of a creek beyond the dry paddocks. Their friendship feels unbreakable—until adolescence begins to shift what once seemed certain, and the three are pulled apart in ways none of them can fully explain or reverse.

Felicity cannot forgive. Jetta disappears without explanation, carrying a secret she cannot share. Uli is left trying to make sense of what changed and what cannot be recovered.

In the years that follow, each of them moves through adulthood in different places and directions—across Australia, Europe, and beyond—building new lives while carrying the imprint of what came before.

Told through shifting perspectives, Kookaburra traces three intertwined journeys through memory, identity, and the quiet persistence of change. At its heart, it asks how far people will truly go for love.