- Title:
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The Burnt Country
- Written by:
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Joy Rhoades
- Read by:
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Edwina Wren
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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9
- Duration:
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10 hours 28 minutes
- Published:
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August 06 2019
- Available Date:
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August 06 2019
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9780655615118
- Genres:
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Fiction; Australian Fiction; Historical; Historical Fiction; Sagas
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Penguin Audio Australia
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Bestselling author
The Burnt Country is an enthralling story of integrity, resilience and resistance, from the author of the bestselling The Woolgrower’s Companion.
A scandalous secret. A deadly fire. An agonising choice.
Australia 1948. As a young woman running Amiens, a sizeable sheep station in New South Wales, Kate Dowd knows she’s expected to fail. And her grazier neighbour is doing his best to ensure she does, by attacking her method of burning off to repel a bushfire. But fire risk is just one of her problems. Kate cannot lose Amiens, or give in to her estranged husband Jack’s demands to sell: the farm is her livelihood and the only protection she can offer her half-sister Pearl, as the Aborigines Welfare Board threatens to take her away.
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. He’ll protect what’s left of Kate’s reputation, and keep Luca out of it – but for 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. Then a catastrophic real fire threatens everything ...
‘... a wonderful new voice in literary rural fiction.'
Australian Women's Weekly
'Joy Rhoades’ Kate Dowd is Elizabeth-Bennet-meets-The-Drover’s-Wife.'
Saturday Age