About the book

Novel exploring what it means to be human, to be honourable, and to love. Eva is the cleaning lady in a small Australian scientific laboratory - no one remembers her as the junior technician who worked there years ago, and no one knows she is there to discover a cure for her autistic child. Only Owen knows the full story and he's not telling anyone because the day he saw Eva at the hospital was the day his life changed forever. Author is winner of the 1996 Christina Stead Prize for Fiction for 'Leaning Towards Infinity'. She has also written 'Painted Woman'.