num_pages: 247
description: Set in the Australian bush a wryly funny beautifully observed novel about friendship motherhood love and the importance of fighting for things that matter.USA coverLoretta Boskovic never dreamed she would end up a single mother with two kids in a dusty Australian country town. She never imagined shed have to campaign to save the local primary school. She certainly had no idea her best friend would turn out to be the crusty old junk man. All in all shes starting to wonder if she took a wrong turn somewhere. If only she could drop the kids at the orphanage and start over . . . But now thanks to her protest letters the education minister is coming to Gunapan and she has to convince him to change his mind about the school closure. And as if facing down the government isnt enough it soon becomes clear that the school isnt the only local spot in trouble. In the drought-stricken bushland on the outskirts of town a luxury resort development is about to siphon off a newly discovered springwater supply. No one seems to know anything no one seems to care.With a dream lover on a Harley unlikely to appear to save the day Loretta needs to stir the citizens of Gunapan to action. She may be short of money influence and a fully functioning car but she has good friends. Together they can organize chocolate drives supermarket sausage sizzles a tour of the local slaughterhousewhatever it takes to hold on to the scrap of world that is home.
language: English
title: The Fine Colour of Rust
publisher: HarperCollins Australia