Review: A gem, a brilliant book - unputdownable!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 21, 2013
I like this book very much for a number of reasons. The plot is interesting and entertaining. The events that take place and the people and their conversations provide a remarkable insight and understanding of Australia half a century ago. The book is a brilliant introductory novella to the author's "Dreaming Billabong Series". But that's only the first half of the book. In the second half the author writes about herself, about how she overcame personal limitations that would most people prevent from even starting to write a short story. These insights into aspects of her life are both fascinating and encouraging. The book continues with an overview of each of the remaining six books in the series.I hope I don't give away too much. Ryn Shell's real name is Kathryn Shell. Under this name she is known as a multi award winning artist, sculptor and nonfiction writer.The last third of "Billabong Ghost" contains attention-grabbing sample pages of the next five books in the series.As I said at the beginning, I like this book very much for a number of reasons. I believe, even readers who normally would not regard the genre to which "Billabong Ghost" belongs as their preferred genre, will find it hard to put this novella down once they have commenced reading it. This book is a gem which I am happy to recommend.