Barra Creek by Di Morrissey
An outback family saga that will knock your hat off. It's funny, poignant and completely unexpected. You won't be able to stop thinking about it.
Di's 12th novel opens in New Zealand in the 1960s. The Mitchell family has run a prosperous sheep farm for generations and the youngest daughter, Sally, has just turned 20. She rides to the hounds and leads an indulged life. That is until she shocks her parents by becoming involved with an older man.
Scandalised, they try to pack her off to England, but Sally doesn't make it. After a wild spree in Sydney she's cashed in her ticket and, hell bent on adventure, takes a job as a governess on a remote cattle station – Barra Creek – in the Gulf country of Cape York. Untamed and crocodile infested, it's a land of deserts, jungles and wide rivers. Then the great stations were run by men who were loners and women who had to cope or leave.
Decades later, in 2003, Sally learns a secret that will change many lives – including her own – and leave readers horrified on one hand, and smiling and crying on the other.
Format: Paperback | 456 pages
Dimensions (cm): 20 x 13.4 x 3.1 | 314g
Publication Date: 01 Oct 2008
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia
Imprint: Pan
Publication City/Country: Sydney, Australia
Language: English
Edition Number: 1
ISBN10: 0330424475
ISBN13: 9780330424479
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including very minor scratching, and a large crease on the top-right corner of the front cover, but no holes or tears. All pages are undamaged with no creasing or tearing, no pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. The book looks brand new between the covers.