Black diamonds
Kelly, Kim2018
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It's 1914 and the coal town of Lithgow is booming. Daniel Ackerman is a serious young man, a miner, a socialist and German; Francine Connolly is the bourgeois, Irish-Catholic, too good for this place daughter of one of the mine owners. When a tragic accident forces them together, this class-crossed pair fall in love despite themselves. Before the signatures on their marriage certificate are dry, though, war erupts, and a much more terrifying obstacle confronts them. Against his principles but driven by a sense of solidarity, Daniel enlists; Francine, horrified, has no choice but to watch him go. Thrown into a daunting new world of separation and grief, they learn things about each other they might never have known in more certain times hard lessons about heroism, sacrifice, and the thin line between bravery and stupidity. Told with freshness, verve and wit, Black Diamonds is the tale of a fierce young nation, Australia, and two fierce hearts who dare to discover what courage really means.
Main title:
Black diamonds / by Kim Kelly.
Author:
Edition:
Large print edition.
Imprint:
Strawberry Hills, N.S.W. : Read How You Want, 2018.©2007.
Collation:
iii, 687 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Regular print edition first published: Sydney, N.S.W. : HarperCollins Publishers Australia, 2007.Copyright page from the original book.Optimized reading formats.Set in 16 point Verdana.
ISBN:
9781525282010 (paperback)
Language:
English
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BRN:
366069
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Large Print - Fiction | KELLY | Available |