Billabong Bend - Large Print - Scoullar, Jennifer

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Résumé :
From the best-selling author of Brumby's Run and Currawong Creek comes an evocative tale of love and loyalty, set in the heart of Australia's riverlands.For Nina Moore, the rare marshland flanking the beautiful Bunyip River is the most precious place on Earth. Her dream is to buy Billabong Bend and protect it forever, but she's not the only one with designs on the land.When her childhood sweetheart, Ric Bonelli, returns home, old feelings are rekindled and Nina dares to dream of a future for them both on the river. But a tragic death divides loyalties and threatens to tear apart their fledgling relationship.This star-crossed rural romance sets Nina, a floodplains grazier, and Ric, a traditional cotton farmer, on a heart-rending collision course amid the beauty of northern New South Wales. - Praise for Billabong Bend - 'Like Currawong Creek before it, Billabong Bend is yet another great read by Jennifer Scoullar.' Weekly Times'An absorbing story ... beautifully written.' Reading, Writing and Riesling'Billabong Bend is a captivating read.' Book'd Out

Biographie:
Jennifer Scoullar writes page-turning fiction about the land, people and wildlife that she loves. She has always harboured a deep appreciation and respect for the natural world. Her house is on a hill-top, overlooking valleys of messmate and mountain ash. A pair of old eagles live there too. Black-shouldered wallabies graze by the creek. Eastern Spinebills hover among the callistemon.Jennifer Scoullar lives with her family on a beautiful property in the mountains, that was left to her by her father. Horses have always been her passion. She grew up on the books of Elyne Mitchell, and all her life she's ridden and bred horses, in particular Australian Stock Horses.She has twelve novels published in Australia: Wasp Season (Sid Harta 2008), Brumby's Run (Penguin 2012), Currawong Creek (Penguin 2013), Billabong Bend (Penguin), Turtle Reef (Penguin) Journey's End (Penguin), Fortune's Son (Penguin Random House),The Lost Valley (Pilyara Press 2018), The Memory Tree (Pilyara Press), The Mallee Girl (Penguin Random House), Paradise Valley (Penguin Random House) and The Rivertown Vet (Penguin Random House) Keep up to date with Jennifer and her books at jenniferscoullar.com...

Sommaire:
From the best-selling author of Brumby's Run and Currawong Creek comes an evocative tale of love and loyalty, set in the heart of Australia's riverlands.For Nina Moore, the rare marshland flanking the beautiful Bunyip River is the most precious place on Earth. Her dream is to buy Billabong Bend and protect it forever, but she's not the only one with designs on the land.When her childhood sweetheart, Ric Bonelli, returns home, old feelings are rekindled and Nina dares to dream of a future for them both on the river. But a tragic death divides loyalties and threatens to tear apart their fledgling relationship.This star-crossed rural romance sets Nina, a floodplains grazier, and Ric, a traditional cotton farmer, on a heart-rending collision course amid the beauty of northern New South Wales. - Praise for Billabong Bend - 'Like Currawong Creek before it, Billabong Bend is yet another great read by Jennifer Scoullar.' Weekly Times'An absorbing story ... beautifully written.' Reading, Writing and Riesling'Billabong Bend is a captivating read.' Book'd Out...