The Forthright Woman

The Forthright Woman
Darry Fraser
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30 Nov 2022 AU
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9781867237624
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Widow Marcella Ross won' t let anything - or anyone - stop her from discovering the truth behind a deadly family mystery . . . Mystery and romance collide in this compulsive historical adventure from a bestselling Australian author. 1898, South AustraliaAt the gateway to the Flinders Ranges lies Kanyaka Station, once a thriving sheep and cattle property, now abandoned and in ruins. But a discovery in her late mother' s papers draws recently widowed Marcella Ross out to its remote landscape in search of clues to the disappearance of her Uncle Luca, an Italian immigrant whose fate seems to have been bound up in that of his mysterious partner - also long-since vanished. When Marcella is nearly run over by a handsome stranger, she discovers he too is entangled in the secrets of the past. When tragedy and obsession threaten Marcella' s fragile independence, how far will she have to go to unlock the secrets of Kanyaka - or solve the puzzle of her own future? 1955After learning that they are unlikely to have children, Frances and Joe MacDonald have taken the unusual step of buying a caravan and travelling together through the outback. They stop and camp at Kanyaka Station, where Fran becomes mesmerised by the past. Family lore holds that an ancestor met an untimely end amid the desolate ruins. But what truly happened, and to whom, at the isolated station? As fate alters the course of her life, Fran' s footsteps echo another woman' s from so long ago . . . As the mystery unravels, will these two women have the chance to take control of their own destinies?
Darry Fraser' s first novel, Daughter of the Murray, is set on her beloved River Murray where she spent part of her childhood. Where the Murray River Runs, her second novel, is set in Bendigo in the 1890s, and her third novel, The Widow of Ballarat, takes place on the Ballarat goldfields in the 1850s. In The Good Woman of Renmark, she takes us to the rural riverland of South Australia, while Elsa Goody, Bushranger, journeys from South Australia into Victoria. In The Last Truehart, the colonies await Federation and the story is set in Victoria and New South Wales. Darry currently lives, works and writes on Kangaroo Island, an awe-inspiring place off the coast of South Australia. To find out more, visit Darry on her website. You can also follow Darry on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781867237624
Published: 30 Nov 2022
Published In: Australia
Imprint: HQ Fiction
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty
Format: Trade Paperback
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