Following the publication of Sue Woolfe’s The Mystery of the Cleaning Lady: A Writer Looks at Creativity and Neuroscience, we are proud to re-release the novel that originally sparked the author’s interest in the interplay between imagination, emotion and science – The Secret Cure.

The story of Eva, a cleaning lady in a small scientific laboratory who embarks on a secret mission to discover a cure for her autistic daughter, The Secret Cure is both a love story and an exploration of new ways to be human, honourable and passionate.

Praise for The Secret Cure

... captivating ... With its intimations of sadness and profound insights, it seems to me that Woolfe has painted a picture, not only of autism, but also of the tragic human condition of never quite fitting in to our tiny, pitiable worlds.

Courier Mail

This is surely what fiction is all about: the odd and the ugly rather than the beautiful and bland people we are saturated with. The intensity of these outcasts and their unrequited emotions make this novel rich and complex in a way that the ordinary and the plausible simply couldn’t be.

Herald Sun