Heart & soul
THE SECRET WORLD OF CONNIE STARR, by Robbi Neal (HQ Fiction, $35)
The reader is parachuted into the town of Ballarat, Victoria, from the pre-WWII years until 1948 in The Secret. It’s a town where everyone has their challenges to contend with. Connie is the youngest in Baptist Pastor Joseph Starr’s family. Born in 1934, Connie is his first child with young second wife Flora, who stepped in to raise the three older children from his first marriage. As the baby, Connie watches every step her older siblings take.
