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Edwina Baker and her younger brother Aiden were working the farm together, although it was a rare occurrence. Edwina was sick of hanging around the farmhouse; she needed to be busy and applying her thoughts to their land, as well as acting on them was what she wanted to do. But her father Hamilton was a strict and ruthless man, moreso since his wife and children’s mother had passed away. He refused to let Edwina leave the farm unless accompanied – he also refused to listen to her ideas at improv
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2.5★
I found this really difficult to get into. Such a slow start, and rather irritating characters. It's not my first book by this author, and I remember being a bit underwhelmed by the other one I read as well.
I quite enjoyed the ending, although it seemed rather implausible given the rest of the book.
I loved the outback Queensland setting, and the use of the cactoblastis insects to control the prickly pear (although I've still seen prickly pear around the outback, so obviously it wasn't a comp ...more
I found this really difficult to get into. Such a slow start, and rather irritating characters. It's not my first book by this author, and I remember being a bit underwhelmed by the other one I read as well.
I quite enjoyed the ending, although it seemed rather implausible given the rest of the book.
I loved the outback Queensland setting, and the use of the cactoblastis insects to control the prickly pear (although I've still seen prickly pear around the outback, so obviously it wasn't a comp ...more
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