<p style="line-height:150%;">&nbsp;<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">When forest protests engulf a tiny Tasmanian timber town, one family's century of secrets threatens to destroy a marriage&nbsp;</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;">‒ and bring down a government</b>.</p><p style="line-height:150%;">Matt Abbott, head ranger at beautiful Binburra National Park, is a man with something to hide. &nbsp;He confides his secret to nobody, not even his wife Penny. The deception gnaws away at their marriage.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Matt's father, timber and mining magnate Fraser Abbott, stands for everything Matt hates. Son disappoints father, father disappoints son - this is their well-worn template. But Fraser seems suddenly determined to repair the rift between them at any cost, and Matt will discover that secrets run in the family. When Sarah, a visiting Californian geneticist, tries to steal Matt's heart, the scene is set for a deadly betrayal.</p><p style="line-height:150%;">The Memory Tree is a haunting story of family relationships, the unbreakable ties we all have to the past and the redemptive power of love.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;"><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--></p><p style="line-height:150%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;">‒ &nbsp;Praise for Jennifer Scoullar &nbsp;-</b></p><p style="line-height:150%;">'Jennifer Scoullar's passion for the land shines through ... Highly recommended.' <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal;">Sunshine Coast Daily<br></i><br>'An excellent read.' <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal;">Newcastle Herald</i></p><p>&nbsp;'Jennifer Scoullar has a gift; she is able to weave the most extraordinarily beautiful, inspiring stories about Australia's natural environment and wildlife ... into a modern romance. How unique!' <em>Reading, Writing and Riesling</em></p>