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Love in The Age of Drought
When Fiona Collins meets Stuart Higgins at a leadership conference in Melbourne, she isn't looking for a relationship, let alone the upheaval of falling in love with an intelligent, eco-friendly cotton farmer from south-east Queensland.
But that's exactly what's on the cards. When Stuart sends Fiona a pair of crusty old boots and a declaration of love 16 days into their fle...more
But that's exactly what's on the cards. When Stuart sends Fiona a pair of crusty old boots and a declaration of love 16 days into their fle...more
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Published
2009
by Pan Macmillan Australia
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Thoroughly enjoyed Fiona's story of how she met Stuart, their incredibly different lives and backgrounds, and their compelling love for each other.
Stuart Higgins was a cotton farmer in South East Queensland, where the nearest town to his property, Gebar, was a little place called Jandowae, with a population of 750. When Fiona met him first, at a conference in Melbourne, Stuart's farm was in the grip of it's fourth year of drought, and his cotton crop looked like failing again if rains didn't com...more
Stuart Higgins was a cotton farmer in South East Queensland, where the nearest town to his property, Gebar, was a little place called Jandowae, with a population of 750. When Fiona met him first, at a conference in Melbourne, Stuart's farm was in the grip of it's fourth year of drought, and his cotton crop looked like failing again if rains didn't com...more
As a resident of South East Queensland, I chuckled a bit at the author's (at times) misguided geography, but apart from that, this was a pretty good read. I think that the lessons taught in this book about the true price of agriculture and the way farming really works in Australia are important ones, and need to be ingrained into the national psyche a bit better. People may be a little less quick to judge, and less likely to be wasteful!
This book was an excellent read. Having grown up in South-East Qld and have first hand contact with cotton farmers, I found it easy to relate to the story of the struggle of drought and whether to keep going or try something else. I also enjoyed hearing Fiona's story as she came to learn what life on the land is really like without romantising it. Her relationship with Stuart also keeps the book flowing.
A sentimental pick, having grown up on the Darling Downs. Still eminently readable story of the struggles of life on the land, new ways to farm in the face of tradition and the work/life struggle of modern women.
Eminently readable, interesting & lightweight.
I'm staying up way too late to read this. Captivating, and beautiful. I had a bit of a lady-crush on the author when I met her at a local bookshop event. That crush has deepened. I can't wait to read her next installment. Fiona: PLEASE write that next installment!
Loved this amazing account of how Fiona went from a high flying fast pace career to love on the farm
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