The second book in the dark and addictive Woody Creek series from bestselling Australian author Joy Dettman<br/><br/>''''Dettman writes compulsively readable stories'''' The Age<br/><br/>Spanning a momentous wartime decade, Thorn on the Rose is the spellbinding sequel to Pearl in a Cage<br/>It is 1939 and Jenny Morrison, distraught and just fifteen years of age, has fled the tiny logging community of Woody Creek for a new life in the big smoke.<br/><br/>But four months later she is back - wiser, with an expensive new wardrobe, and bearing another dark secret...<br/>She takes refuge with Gertrude, her dependable granny and Woody Creek's indomitable midwife, and settles into a routine in the ever-expanding and chaotic household.<br/><br/>But can she ever put the trauma of her past behind her and realise her dream of becoming a famous singer? Or is she doomed to follow in the footsteps of her tragic and mysterious mother?<br/><br/>''''You can't fail to enjoy this portrait of rural Australian life in the wartime years with its many sorrows, joys and challenges.'''' Woman's Day<br/><br/>Fans of Rosalie Ham's The Dressmaker will love Joy Dettman.