A prodigy's dreams sail halfway around the world... but will the wild frontier silence her song?
Fifteen-year-old Wilhelmina Gerhardt can make even Chopin pause to listen, yet 1848's revolutions press her family to flee Baden for distant New South Wales. The voyage steals her father's health and her glittering future, but Mina refuses to surrender her music—or her courage. In the rugged Hunter Valley she forges a life of cedar-cutters, floods, and frontier fellowship, marrying hard-working Billy Foster and filling their slab hut with laughter and melody.
Years later, flame-haired daughter Beccy steps onto Sydney's grand stage. Her encore? One of Mina's long-forgotten compositions—proof that a mother's gift can echo across oceans and generations.
If you love sweeping historical sagas, pioneering heroines, and the enduring power of music, Wilhelmina will strike every chord of your heart.