Ulysses Bookstore

Join us in the store to hear Ella talk with store owner, Tracey, about her new book, The Cicada House". Synopsis: When Caitlin inherits a significant sum of money on her fortieth birthday, she decides to break the habits of a lifetime and throw caution to the wind. She’s about to tell her husband Paul that they’re leaving London on a once-in-a-lifetime journey to "Eat Pray Love" their way around the world, only … she doesn’t tell Paul that, because before the candles are lit, he tells her that he’s very much in love with someone else. After a drunken night trying to console herself, Caitlin books tickets to Australia - anything to get as far away as possible. Ella's words have been published in places like Frankie, Marie Claire, The Daily Telegraph and The Sydney Morning Herald. Her memoir, "27 Letters to my Daughter", was published in Australia in 2022 and the US in 2023. "The Cicada House" (2025) is her first novel