When Patrick Ryan reluctantly came to Australia as a ten pound migrant, he never dreamt he would exchange the soft, misty days of the Emerald Isle for the blistering heat of the Queensland hinterland. Nor could he imagine how his family in Ireland, with their 12 acre plot, could become emotionally entangled with the wealthy Davidsons on the 90,000 acre, Glamorgan Station.
The author tends to what I call "over-write", put a bit more explanation than necessary, and talk of events ahead of time, but I forgive her these small sins because I enjoyed this story. The characters were also totally believable.