Pixie Dust: a memoir

Written by Bronwyn MacRitchie

Narrated by Bronwyn MacRitchie

How do children survive a mother's abandonment and a stepmother's cruelty in an outback town in the 1950's? With imagination, a strong sibling bond, and humourous adventures, they escape a bleak home life. This book will take you on a comical and poignant journey

Bonnie is a child raised in a small town in New South Wales in the fifties with her five siblings. Her oldest brother Keith, returns to boarding school and her mother leaves without warning, taking the the two youngest, Zilla and Tippy, with her. Bonnie and her brother Ross learn to survive the new live-in partner and isolation with a spate of chemistry experiments and imaginative adolescent pranks. This results in severe punishment and greater reason to explore the realms of their magic. Adventures unfold around simpler times where the freedom of the bush and a bleak emotional upbringing join to create a bond between brother and sister that will take you on a comical and heart wrenching journey.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lightning Source
• Release date: Apr 5, 2021
• ISBN: 9781662233111

Bronwyn MacRitchie

Bronwyn is a retired music teacher and although interested in writing during her school years, didn't begin to write seriously until her retirement. She lives in Lake Macquarie, NSW, Australia and when not writing, dabbles in watercolours, acrylics, photography and gardening. During her working life she has been a nurse, governess, cleaner, waitress, punch card operator, creative costume designer, secretary and for a brief period – a cook on the Nullarbor.She enjoys relaxing with a good mystery and glass of red.This is her first book.