In a place and a time where most choices are taken from you, Jemma has a big decision to make. Stay in the confines of Cherbourg Aboriginal Community and look after her Nan – or run away to try for a new life with Syd. Nan has always been her rock, but Syd is the love of her life.
At midnight on the full moon Jemma must make her choice.
In the 1970s the Queensland police have a poor reputation for their interactions with Indigenous people, but young policewoman Tess is new to town and as yet uninfluenced by the pervasive racism. On her first visit to Cherbourg she finds a whole world she never knew existed and questions that she had never imagined. But finding the right answers really comes down to who you ask.
A unique perspective on life in and around Cherbourg, a small Queensland town with a big history.
Foreword by Uncle Eric Law AM (former Mayor of Cherbourg)
Cover artwork by Niketa Law
Tess Merlin is a former police officer and author of RANK (2023)
Published: April 2025
ISBN: 978-1-7635728-4-3