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Elizabeth's Star (We'll Meet Again #1)

Rhonda Forrest

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Sep 01, 2021 Brenda rated it it was amazing

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It was 1933 when twins Michael and Dan McTavish left their parent’s property of Bundeen Station in the Channel country of Queensland to make their own way in life. Drovers, the two young men worked their way down south and after a stint on another property continued further south. When their last job sent them to Broken Hill with twenty horses for the circus which was currently in town, Michael and Dan had no idea how much their lives would change. Dan would stay with the circus, while Michael w It was 1933 when twins Michael and Dan McTavish left their parent’s property of Bundeen Station in the Channel country of Queensland to make their own way in life. Drovers, the two young men worked their way down south and after a stint on another property continued further south. When their last job sent them to Broken Hill with twenty horses for the circus which was currently in town, Michael and Dan had no idea how much their lives would change. Dan would stay with the circus, while Michael wanted to return home to Queensland. It had been over a year since they’d seen their parents and siblings and Michael was homesick. But as fate would have it, it was Melbourne he headed to instead.

Joanie had escaped her Queensland country town of Woombye after a broken relationship, moving on to Brisbane. She loved the city, enjoyed her job and was close to Vera, her flat share friend. Returning to Woombye saw an offer to travel with her father, Reg, to Rabaul, New Guinea, where they’d look after a store for a friend, before returning to Edna and Woombye. Joanie was excited about travelling, but it was March 1940, and the rumbles of war in Europe were on the horizon. Her childhood friends, Andrew and Peter were going to sign up to join the Australian army and rid the world of Germany and Hitler.

In the meantime, five-year-old Gracie desperately missed her father who had signed up to join the war efforts. Gazing at the bright star each night, she would talk to it, remembering what her daddy had said to her about hearing her when she talked to Elizabeth’s star…

Elizabeth’s Star is the 1st in the We’ll Meet Again trilogy by Australian author Rhonda Forrest and I loved it. A fascinating tale of people growing up in the 1920s, ‘30s and ‘40s, it’s based on actual events with an extremely interesting Author’s Note at the beginning of the book. My favourite characters were definitely the twins – Michael and Dan. I’m looking forward very much to the continuation of the story in the next episode, Until We Meet. Highly recommended.

With thanks to the author for my ARC to read in exchange for an honest review.
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