Ivan's Legacy

About the Book

Ivan, a violin maker in his 70’s, had cancer. He takes in Kelly, a pregnant 14-y-o drug addicted street kid. When he goes for chemotherapy Kelly overdoses. Ivan refuses to have further chemotherapy as he doesn’t want to leave Kelly on her own. He dies (otherwise there’d be no legacy, would there?). He leaves Kelly everything he owns (he has considerable assets). Will Kelly come good, or did Ivan sacrifice his life in vain?

About the Author

Kathryn Collis’s working background includes 19 years in banking and 19 years in librarianship. She has also worked as a newspaper editor.

Kathryn has tertiary library and management qualifications.

She has previously compiled a history of Caboolture, Queensland, in the 1970s. The website can be found at www.caboolturehistory-70s.net.au

Siblings is her second novel. Her first, Priscilla: a tale of survival, was published in 2011.

Kathryn lives on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.