Dappled, Paperback

"During Colleen's absences, Jane would write stories to try to fill the time... and there was a feeling like she was carrying heavy shopping bags, but somehow on the inside...''

Colleen is not like other mothers,
and Jane knows she's not like other teenagers.
Finding out she has a skin condition that will
gradually give her the appearance of a
dalmatian is only further confirmation she'll never fit in.
At least she's well on her way to creating the perfect camouflage,
until she meets someone who's determined to strip it all off.

Jane's story journeys between her adult years in Perth, Western Australia, to her adolescence in the coastal tree-lined town of Denmark further south, where dreams for aspiring creatives (sometimes) come true... and where she falls in love. Along the way, Jane faces the struggles that come with being human and learns to realise that sometimes, someone loving us at our worst can set us free to become our best.