Think of Australia Day when everyone gathers along the river–people from all walks of life mingle and share a community experience. The Swan River is as much a character in Cloudstreet as the Lambs and the Pickles.
Winton taps into the raw and real nature of the everyday person, but also into the spirituality that pervades the landscape. If you've ever lived in WA, if you know the Swan River, if you know the Nyoongar Dreaming Story, then Winton's book is reminiscent of it all. They both get married, and Dean has two lovely kids, but the sun never sets on a day that they don't think of one another.Winton doesn't just create a setting, he brings it to life by tapping into the trinity of human, spiritual, and cultural landscapes. After that the years slip away and the two lovers push on with their lives the best they can. And when Dean's better judgement lapses, just one time, the mistake he makes causes Theresa to be pulled from his arms. Unfortunately, though, fate is an unpredictable force. Together they manage to beat back all the negativity that keeps coming at them, and they have the time of their lives. From there things only get better.įor the next year the youths, who've always been knocked around, bring the light of hope into each other's hearts. It seems fate is finally in a benevolent mood when the free-spirited Dean and downright gorgeous Theresa meet at a high school dance. And as if all that isn't enough to deal with, Dean's mother is a paranoid schizophrenic and Theresa's is a hardcore alcoholic.īut on a cold, damp night in the spring of 1967, things suddenly look up for the underprivileged kids. Dean's father is alive, but he has a mean temper and a nasty tongue that constantly cuts into the heart of his family. Theresa's father was shot dead at a bank robbery a few years ago. They both come from dysfunctional families at the bottom rungs of the social ladder, where happiness never comes easy. New York teenagers Dean Cassidy and Theresa Wayman live in a world of hard concrete, dark bricks and tough breaks.
Praised as a monumental romance, a Gone with the Wind for the 20th Century, Beyond Nostalgia is an unforgettable love story that shows us what it is like to love and be loved so intensely that life can never be the same again.
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