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by Lucy Treloar (Goodreads Author)

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Will you be publishing it as an Ebook? I would like to read it in the UK.

Lucy Treloar Hello! I'm delighted that Salt Creek will be published by Belgravia Books (http://belgraviabooks.com/product/sal...) in print and Ebook versions in th…moreHello! I'm delighted that Salt Creek will be published by Belgravia Books (http://belgraviabooks.com/product/sal...) in print and Ebook versions in the UK - available in September 2017, and for preorder now. The audio version is available worldwide. Hope that helps. (less)

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How much of the story is based on fact?

Lucy Treloar There's a note in the back of Salt Creek that gives a few details about the blend of fact and fiction in the book. I used a few fragmentary family sto…moreThere's a note in the back of Salt Creek that gives a few details about the blend of fact and fiction in the book. I used a few fragmentary family stories that have come down through the generations, and built characters around them and several historical events from that time and place. Nellie Robinson, Malachi Martin and George Taplin are historical figures, and the Bagshotts are based on the explorer, Herschel Babbage and his son Charles. Sometimes readers don't believe that a relationship between a white woman and an Indigenous man was likely. I do think it would have been fairly rare, but interestingly, I discovered that one of John Barton Hack's (the ancestor on whom Papa Finch is based) granddaughters married an Indigenous man and lived with him in the Adelaide Hills in the 1860s - the time of the Salt Creek narrative. (less)

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This isn't a question, but a comment. I hope that's ok? Lucy I have just listened to the audio version of your book and have written a review. I was absolutely entranced by your book, and I still have tears in my eyes from the emotions, happy and sad, that it brought to me. The reader of the book was absolutely fantastic, I'm sure you would agree! All I can say is thank you for this great gift. Thank you, again.

Lucy Treloar Hello! So glad you enjoyed the book. I love books with emotion too - they're the ones I reread. I absolutely agree about the narrator. She did a wonde…moreHello! So glad you enjoyed the book. I love books with emotion too - they're the ones I reread. I absolutely agree about the narrator. She did a wonderful job, and with an incredible range of accents. It was very interesting to be sent samples of voices by the audiobook publisher so that I could choose the best Hester. The first I heard had quite a broad Australian accent; Ulli's was a much better fit for the book.
Warmest wishes - and thanks for getting in touch with this feedback.
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How can I get this book in the USA?

Lucy Treloar Hello,
Salt Creek will be published in the US in September 2017. Readings Books in Australia ships worldwide, if you're interested. The audio version i…moreHello,
Salt Creek will be published in the US in September 2017. Readings Books in Australia ships worldwide, if you're interested. The audio version is available worldwide.
http://www.readings.com.au/shopping-o....
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