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This best-selling novel is set in outback Australia during the early 20th Century. Jessica Bergman, the heroine of the book, is a tomboy who helps her father, run the family farm. Meanwhile her elder sister, the beautiful but stuck-up Meg, dreams up plans, with the help of her mother, to wed... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Jessica: Tough, tomboy, beautiful but doesn't know it. Wronged at every turn but still manages to overcome adversity
- Meg: Add a description of this character.
- Jack Thomas: The town's wealthiest bachelor
- Joe: Hard but loving. Father to Meg and Jessica.
- Joey: Baby Joey..."the child in question"
- Mary: Aborigine woman, friend to Jessica.
- Hester: Jessica and Megs mother. Horrible woman, concerned only with wealth and status.
First Sentence edit
Out in the south-west along the banks of the Murrumbidgee the snakes come out at sundown to dance.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 79 of 146 in Whitcoulls Top 100 (2011). (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Bourne Betrayal, and followed by Into the Wilderness.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Bryce Courtenay (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Viking
Country: Australia
Publication Date: 01 December 1998
ISBN: 0670883514
Page Count: 395
Publisher: Viking
Country: Australia
Publication Date: 01 December 1998
ISBN: 0670883514
Page Count: 395
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 828'.914
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