Review: Love the pig!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 23, 2014
Samantha (Sammy) Walker opens THE HOUSE ON BURRA BURRA LANE with a bang when she dramatically trips over a large pig in the waiting room of local vet Ethan Granger.  It helps that he is there to catch her but unfortunately in a town only has 80 odd people living in it; the sight of a young pretty newcomer ending up in the arms of an eligible bachelor is food for gossip.  There is also a tab running at the local pub as to how long the city girl will stay a resident!Sammy has moved to the small community of Swallow’s Fall in the Snowy Mountains of NSW to escape from her abusive ex-fiance and her nasty manipulative mother.  A fresh start is just what she needs, and part of that is to not talk about her past with anyone. She is an artist for a Sydney fashion business so can work from home wherever that home might be.  Sammy gradually assimilates into the community as she repairs her house, chicken coop and starts a vegetable garden.  She buys tools that she has no idea how to use but there is always someone who can help and advise her, and that someone seems increasingly to be Ethan.Ethan has secrets of his own.  One of those secrets is that he use live in Sammy’s house as a child and he has some very unhappy memories of his own.  These memories are keeping him from committing to Sammy even though he can’t imagine life without her.  The more Ethan does battle with his past the more strangely he acts, and Sammy has come to Swallow’s Fall to get away from strange, she starts to think that maybe she is better off without him.Sammy is a strong character – she had the strength to uproot herself and start a new life and then the strength to face the past when it comes after her.  She is intelligent, kind, great with kids and would make a wonderful friend.  Ethan is a bit harder to get to know, there were times when I just wanted to slap him and tell him to build a bridge and get over it.  When push comes to shove though, love conquers all and despite all that goes on a happy ever after is reached.