This Red Earth [electronic resource]
Kelly, Kim2013
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It's November 1939, another war in Europe. And Bernie Cooper is wondering what's ahead for her.
She knows Gordon Brock is going to ask her to marry him – any second now. An honest country boy about to graduate from university as a geologist, he's a good catch by anyone's standards, too. And she's going to say no.
The harsh realities of this Second World War have other plans for Bernie, though, and once her adored father is commissioned to serve again, she accepts Gordon's proposal - mostly to please her dad. In any event, with Gordon off to New Guinea for the job of a lifetime, she'll be glad of a temporary reprieve from walking down the aisle, won't she?
As Gordon braces for the inevitable Japanese invasion of Rabaul, Bernie finds herself in the midst of the battle being fought on home soil – against the worst drought in living memory, against the menace of an unseen enemy, and against the unspeakable torment of not knowing if those dear to her are alive or dead.
From the beaches of Sydney to the dusty heart of the continent, This Red Earth is as much a love letter to the country, with all its beauty and its terror, as it is an intimate portrait of love itself. Above all, this is a story of the greatest power we each possess – hope.
Main title:
This Red Earth [electronic resource] / Kim Kelly
Author:
Kelly, Kim, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Pan Macmillan Australia, 2013
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Biography/History:
Kim Kelly is author of the Australian historical novels, Black Diamonds, This Red Earth, The Blue Mile and Paper Daisies. Otherwise known as Kim Swivel, she's an editor and ghost writer of almost twenty years' experience in the Australian book publishing industry. Hailing originally from eastern Sydney, these days Kim lives on a small rural property just outside the heritage village of Millthorpe in the Central West of New South Wales, where the ghosts are friendly and the wild colonial verandah poles are excellently preserved. She is married with two sons.
ISBN:
9781743287712
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
332522
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | Libby, by Overdrive - eBook |