Yearning (34 page)
Authors: Kate Belle
To those who I might have accidently forgotten I apologise, and those who may be unnamed, you are not forgotten.
Finally, I pay my respects and express gratitude to the people and elders of the Wurundjeri nation, the traditional owners of the land on which
The Yearning
was written.
Kate Belle
2013
Kate Belle is a woman of many passions who juggles her pens with the rest of her life. She holds a tertiary qualification in chemistry, half a diploma in naturopathy and a diploma in psychological astrology. Kate believes in living a passionate life and has ridden a camel through the Australian desert, fraternised with hippies in Nimbin, had a near birth experience and lived on nothing but porridge and a carrot for three days.
Kate lives, writes and loves in Melbourne with her much loved partner and daughter and a menagerie of neurotic pets, while having strange, secret affairs with her male characters. Shhh . . . don’t tell anyone.
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Woodend VIC 3442
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Author photograph: Anthony Leong, Modform Photography
THE YEARNING
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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry
Author: Belle, Kate.
Title: The yearning/Kate Belle.
ISBN: 9781922052643 (pbk.)
ISBN: 978-1-9220-5263-6 (eBook)
Dewey Number: A823.4
Cover design: Christabella Designs
Cover photograph: Irene Lamprakou/Trevillion Images
Internal design and typesetting: Midland Typesetters, Australia
The paper used to produce this book is a natural, recyclable product made from wood grown in sustainable plantation forests.
The manufacturing processes conform to the environmental regulations in the country of origin.