Cruel Catholic fictions haunt the Sydney childhood of Gail Morgan’s heroine in her most promising first novel, Promise of Rain …
The Observer Article by Valentine Cummingham December 1985
Dreams and Illusions – Promise of Rain Review
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"... a book of range and power..."
~ Tom Keneally
"Morgan is bravely experimental in her pursuit of ideas and means of expressing them."
~ Melbourne Herald
"Morgans observations contain some sharp truths about the nature of Australia, of culture, politics and relationships . She has written an angry, gripping novel, almost frightening in its intensity. Walk to Kulentufu is a big novel..."
~ Melbourne Herald
".. managed with unhurried grace and a kindly eye for the varieties of Australian silliness. Gail Morgan's feel for the power of traditional story ... impresses and attracts."
~ The Observer