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A romance telling the story of a young English woman's holiday in the Australian outback just after World War II. Travelling from a cold, rainy country she finds a land of plenty and falls in love with Australia's wild countryside. She meets an older doctor, a displaced person from Europe. Their friendship teaches them about themselves and their adopted home.
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"Enjoyable story of love blossoming over the scalpels" (Evening Standard)
"A heartlifting novel by a master-weaver of romance and adventure" (Boston Herald)
"Nevil Shute made me yearn for a faithful, plodding, Shute-type of man. I imagined us trekking across the Australian outback, finding a run-down hamlet, and then transforming it together until death or flood parted us" (Sue Townshed The Times)
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"A heartlifting novel by a master-weaver of romance and adventure" (Boston Herald)
"Nevil Shute made me yearn for a faithful, plodding, Shute-type of man. I imagined us trekking across the Australian outback, finding a run-down hamlet, and then transforming it together until death or flood parted us" (Sue Townshed The Times)
A dramatic romance set in the remote wilds of the Australian outback
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- PublisherHeron
- Publication date1968
- ISBN 10 0900948078
- ISBN 13 9780900948077
- BindingHardcover
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Heron Books / William Heinemann [Published Date: 1968]. Hardcover, 307 pp. Part of the collection by Heron Books. Original illustrations by Michael Jackson. In good condition. Red faux leather covered boards with gold design on front and gold lettering on spine. light bumping to edges and light overall scuffing with the cover a bit cracked along the hinges. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. A young English woman leaves her aging parents to visit friends living in the Australian outback. She falls in love, both with the country and with Carl. Brought together through dramatic encounters and strange twists of fate, their relationship hangs in the balance when she is called back to England. Seller Inventory # 20200518003
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