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Queensland, Australia,
1872, a year after moving there, Rebecca and her husband Daniel are
looking
forward to the birth of their first child.
Daniel is now in charge of the Thornton
station his grandfather once built from nothing.
He has to overcome droughts, missing cattle
and believes people expect him to be just like his father.
Rebecca is wondering if
she will be a good mother. She is also
waiting for her aunt to visit,
whom she hasn't seen in over a year.
Rebecca is feeling nervous about both.
She has her hands full and she wishes she could be
more help to
Daniel. Daniel is doing everything he
can to save the family station, Douloo.
The drought is worse than anyone has seen in a
number of years. Daniel fears his faith is
not as strong as it
was, as setback after setback looks him in the eyes.
Rebecca’s Aunt Mildred
has come to Australia
for two reasons, to see
how Rebecca is faring in this harsh land and she is also trying to put
some
distance between her and a man who has shown a strong interest in her. She believes she is too old and set in her
ways to become involved with anyone.
This book was an
excellent read. It is the second book in The
Queensland
Chronicles. Rebecca has grown
wiser in the ways living in
the ways of such a harsh land. She
has
made peace with her deceased father-in-law.
She learns she will have to trust Daniel in his
decisions regarding the
station and their future. Daniel has
also grown up since his father’s death.
You can feel Daniels struggle with his faith and his
ability in himself
to keep the station running. Mildred
also learns a few of life’s lessons, some of which she thought she was
too old
to learn.
One note though, you
should really read these books in
the order they are published, to get the full impact of the characters
struggles and triumphs. I would
recommend both books highly. I like the
writing style of the author, she doesn't drag out a situation, there is
a problem,
they solve it and move on. I was drawn
to Rebecca and Daniel, they remind me of my great-grandparents, they
worked
hard, overcame struggles and triumphs, to create a long line of
hard-working
individuals.
Reviewed by Patsy Glans,
for The Road to Romance
March
27, 2005
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