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MacKenzie Crossing

Kaye Dobbie

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Nov 06, 2016 Brenda rated it it was amazing

Shelves: arc, historical-fiction, own-read, net-galley, aussie-authors, read-on-kindle, 2016-release

Friday 13th January 1939 – Black Friday when it seemed the whole state of Victoria was ablaze. In the days before, Neville Darling had found himself in the little town of Mackenzie Crossing. Neville was affectionately known as “Pom” and his great passion was photography. He found pointing his camera would soothe and calm his mind; the continual nightmares of the Great War would recede a little. So when he saw the enigmatic young woman framed in the doorway of the hostelry in Mackenzie Crossing, Friday 13th January 1939 – Black Friday when it seemed the whole state of Victoria was ablaze. In the days before, Neville Darling had found himself in the little town of Mackenzie Crossing. Neville was affectionately known as “Pom” and his great passion was photography. He found pointing his camera would soothe and calm his mind; the continual nightmares of the Great War would recede a little. So when he saw the enigmatic young woman framed in the doorway of the hostelry in Mackenzie Crossing, he knew he had finally found the subject he’d been searching for…

Skye Stewart had recently discovered the grandfather she had always known and loved was not her biological grandfather. Sorting her mother’s effects after her passing Skye was shocked at the birth certificate she found. Skye decided then and there that she wanted to find her grandfather – find the man who had abandoned her grandmother and his daughter all those years before. With help from an old school friend she found herself heading to Elysian in the Victorian Alps, the town closest to where Mackenzie Crossing had been before it had been razed by fire back in 1939.

But there was more which would shock Skye – nineteen years prior something terrible had happened; she didn’t talk of it ever and had thought it was banished from her mind. The first person she saw in her venture to find her grandfather brought that past crashing back to Skye. The memories came tumbling back – what would she do? She was desperate to continue her search – she refused to run away again…

Mackenzie Crossing by Aussie author Kaye Dobbie was an absolutely brilliant read! I thoroughly enjoyed Neville’s journey and Skye’s trek through the past as she searched for her loved one. Told in Neville’s voice back in 1939 and Skye’s in 1997 with a few diversions to Skye’s past, it was extremely well done. There was an intriguing mystery which spread throughout the pages; the horrors of the bushfires (which continue to this day); the enormity of secrets untold as well as love and loyalty in Mackenzie Crossing, a story I have no hesitation in recommending highly.

With thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this copy to read in exchange for my honest review.
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