A Great Act of Love: A Novel
Jan 2026 · Sold by Simon and Schuster
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“A sensuous, captivating story of love and adventure.” —Lucy Steeds, bestselling author of The Artist and the Feast
A young woman with a mysterious past searches for her father—who has committed an unspeakable crime—in an exquisitely lush and “enticing” (The New York Times) historical novel set among the champagne vines of 19th-century Australia.
Van Diemen’s Land, 1839. A young woman of means and secrets arrives in Hobart, Australia, with a boy in her care. Leasing an old cottage next to an abandoned vineyard, Caroline Douglas must navigate an insular colony of exiles and opportunists and invent a new life on this island of extreme seasons and wild beauty.
A Great Act of Love is a spellbinding story that soars from the French Revolution to London and New York on an epic voyage to Tasmania. Here is a story of a family with champagne in their blood, and an enterprising woman determined to rewrite their legacy. The lives of Caroline, her father, and the residents of the island will collide in devastating and profound ways.
Inspired by true family events, A Great Act of Love is “a beautifully written account of a woman’s attempts to reinvent herself and rescue those she loves” (The Sunday Times, London).
A young woman with a mysterious past searches for her father—who has committed an unspeakable crime—in an exquisitely lush and “enticing” (The New York Times) historical novel set among the champagne vines of 19th-century Australia.
Van Diemen’s Land, 1839. A young woman of means and secrets arrives in Hobart, Australia, with a boy in her care. Leasing an old cottage next to an abandoned vineyard, Caroline Douglas must navigate an insular colony of exiles and opportunists and invent a new life on this island of extreme seasons and wild beauty.
A Great Act of Love is a spellbinding story that soars from the French Revolution to London and New York on an epic voyage to Tasmania. Here is a story of a family with champagne in their blood, and an enterprising woman determined to rewrite their legacy. The lives of Caroline, her father, and the residents of the island will collide in devastating and profound ways.
Inspired by true family events, A Great Act of Love is “a beautifully written account of a woman’s attempts to reinvent herself and rescue those she loves” (The Sunday Times, London).
“A sensuous, captivating story of love and adventure.” —Lucy Steeds, bestselling author of The Artist and the Feast
A young woman with a mysterious past searches for her father—who has committed an unspeakable crime—in an exquisitely lush and “enticing” (The New York Times) historical novel set ...
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Heather Rose is an award-winning and bestselling Australian author of nine novels and a memoir. Her books have won numerous prizes including the Stella Prize, the Christina Stead Prize, the Margaret Scott Prize and the ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year. Her novel The Museum of Modern Love set at MoMA in New York has been adapted for stage at Sydney Festival and is currently being adapted for film. Heather’s work has been published internationally and translated into numerous languages. Her latest novel is A Great Act of Love. She lives in Tasmania. Visit her online at HeatherRose.com.au or @Heather_Rose_Writes.
Heather Rose is an award-winning and bestselling Australian author of nine novels and a memoir. Her books have won numerous prizes including the Stella Prize, the Christina Stead Prize, the Margaret Scott Prize and the ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year. Her novel The Museum of Modern Love set...
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