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Kate Dowd's mother raised her to be a lady but she must put away her white gloves and pearls to help save her family's sheep farm in New South Wales. It is 1945, the war drags bitterly on and it feels like the rains will never come again. All the local, able-bodied young men, including the...
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Vintage,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: |
2018. ©2017 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
Kate Dowd's mother raised her to be a lady but she must put away her white gloves and pearls to help save her family's sheep farm in New South Wales. It is 1945, the war drags bitterly on and it feels like the rains will never come again. All the local, able-bodied young men, including the husband Kate barely knows, have enlisted and Kate's father is struggling with his debts and his wounds from the Great War. He borrows recklessly from the bank and enlists two Italian prisoners of war to live and work on the station. With their own scars and their defiance, the POWs Luca and Vittorio offer |
| Item Description: | Originally published: 2017. |
| Carrier Form: | 410 pages ; 20 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781784705022 (paperback) : 1784705020 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | PR8301 |
| CLC: | I611.45 |
| Call Number: | I611.45/R474 |