The Burnt Country

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: BANTAM
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2019
Edition: First Edition

Description: 369 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. Signed by Author

Publishers Description: A scandalous secret. A deadly bushfire. An agonizing choice.Australia 1948. As a young woman single-handedly running Amiens, a sizeable sheep station in New South Wales, Kate Dowd is expected to fail. In fact the local graziers are doing their best to ensure she does.However Kate cannot risk losing Amiens, or give in to her estranged husband Jacks demands to sell. Because the farm is the only protection she can offer her half-sister Pearl, as the Aborigines Welfare Board calls for her forced adoption.Ostracised by the local community for even acknowledging Pearl, Kate cannot risk another scandal. Which means turning her back on her wartime lover, Luca Canali . . .Then Jack drops a bombshell. He wants a divorce. Hell protect whats left of Kates reputation, and keep Luca out of it - but at an extortionate price.Soon Kate is putting out fires on all fronts to save her farm, keep her family together and protect the man she loves. Until a catastrophic real fire threatens everything . . .

ISBN: 9780143793724