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Robyn
Being a total city girl, I don't often relate to books set in the countryside. But I've read both books by this writer now, both set in rural Australia, one in the 1930s and one in the 1950s and absolutely loved them both.

She has an unusual narrative style, great sense of her characters and the fragile relationships between them (especially her subtle portraits of Aussie farmers) and uses language beautifully. And you may even learn something that you would never normally come across - such as
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Velvetink
Apr 21, 2011 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Alex
Nov 14, 2011 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Cornelia
Jul 06, 2013 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Kim
Jan 09, 2015 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition