A distant journey
By: Di Morrissey
Publisher: Macmillan Pan Macmillan Australia
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Sydney, N.S.W
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9781743535684; 9781925481556
Subjects: Sheep ranches; Fiction; Families; Family secrets; Australian fiction; Stations d'élevage du mouton; Romans, nouvelles; Familles; Secrets de famille; Roman australien
Description: In 1962 Cindy drops out of college to impulsively marry Australian grazier Murray Parnell, moving from the glamorous world of Palm Springs, California, to an isolated sheep station on the sweeping plains of the Riverina in New South Wales. Cindy is flung into a challenging world at Kingsley Downs station. While facing natural disasters and the caprices of the wool industry, Cindy battles to find her place in her new family and continues to feel like an outsider. As she adjusts to her new life, Cindy realises that the Parnells are haunted by a mystery that has never been solved. When she finally uncovers the shocking truth, her discovery leads to tragedy and Cindy finds herself fighting to save the land that she has grown to love as her own.