About
In The Mood
By Laura Bloom
It’s February 1946, and Robert Booker is just home from the war. Home is a pretty weatherboard house in Sydney, where his wife, Catherine, is waiting. They haven’t seen each for three years, yet they are separated by so much more than time.
It’s February 1946, and Robert Booker is just home from the war. Home is a pretty weatherboard house in Sydney, where his wife, Catherine, is waiting. They haven’t seen each for three years, yet they are separated by so much more than time.
Robert is haunted by the horrors of what he has seen and done, fighting in the humid jungles of New Guinea, and Catherine is carrying the guilt of her affair with a charismatic US Marine – and other secrets too painful to confront. Her heart divided between two men, she finds herself longing for all she has lost. With so much that’s changed between them, can Catherine and Robert find their way back to each other again?
Find out more about In The Mood
The inspiration behind In The Mood
Music, a book of censored photos, and an odd encounter.
Interview about In The Mood
A wide ranging conversation about some of the themes in the novel.
Reviews for In The Mood
What the critics had to say.
Good Reading article
Laura Bloom talks to Alan Gold about how Glenn Miller inspired her to write a novel about post-war Australia. (PDF)