The Green Bell

In 1972, Paula Keogh and Michael Dransfield meet in the psychiatric ward of the Canberra Hospital and instantly fall in love. Michael is being treated for a drug addiction; Paul is delusional and grief-stricken.

Paula recovers a self that she thought was lost, while Michael, a radical poet, is inspired to write poems that become The Second Month of Spring. Together, they plan for 'a wedding, marriage, kids - the whole trip.' But outside the hospital, madness and grief challenge their luminous dream. Can their love survive?

The Green Bell is a lyrical and profoundly moving memoir about love and madness. Ultimately, it reveals itself to be a hymn to life. A requiem for lost friends. A coming of age story that takes a lifetime.