Come In Spinner: Dymphna Cusack and Florence James

Come In Spinner! is the exhortation of two-up players in Australia's most famous gambling game. And life is a gamble for the girls working in the beauty salon of the luxurious Hotel South Pacific in Sydney during World War II. Deb, Guinea and Claire are faced with challenges, the tensions of war, romantic entanglements and family troubles as well as the American troops in 'occupation'. The book was an immediate sensation when first published in 1951.