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This is one of those stories that once you pick it up you will not want to put it down, it is so good, MS Fraser has transported me back to 1890 Australia around the great Murray River and life as it was back then. She has taken on an issue that still today is happening although much better than back in the nineteen century and nailed it done it so well, I loved the setting the characters the story.
Ard O’Rourke is a strong man a worker, a family man times are tough and the woman he has grown up ...more
Ard O’Rourke is a strong man a worker, a family man times are tough and the woman he has grown up ...more
This is the first book by Darry Fraser that I have read and I really enjoyed it. Set in 1890 it is a fine example of Australian historical fiction. Covering several facets- poverty, suffragettes, domestic violence, orphans, lost love & romance, with locations in Victoria's goldfields and Echuca. Linley lives with her aunt who has looked after her since she was a baby, and also provides safe houses for women who are victims of violence - much to the dispproval of others, who think she is in a dis
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