The Night on the Darling River
Exciting new historical adventure fiction from a bestselling Australian Author.
Darry Fraser
- Amid
- the
- rising
- flood
- waters
- and
- shearers'
- strike
- violence,
- can
- one
- brave
- woman
- reclaim
- her
- future?
- From
- an
- Australian
- bestselling
- author
- comes
- a
- riveting
- historical
- adventure
- about
- one
- woman's
- journey
- from
- a
- life
- of
- isolation
- to
- one
- of
- love
- and
- acceptance.1894,
- Echuca,
- VictoriaTess
- Hawthorn
- is
- a
- woman
- on
- the
- run
- from
- her
- abusive
- husband.
- All
- she
- has
- to
- do
- is
- get
- on
- the
- riverboat
- Victor
- and
- she
- will
- be
- free.But
- with
- tensions
- at
- an
- all-time
- high
- between
- unionist
- shearers
- and
- Scabs,
- Tess
- isn't
- the
- only
- person
- trying
- to
- board
- a
- boat
- under
- the
- cover
- of
- night.
- When
- a
- brawl
- erupts
- between
- the
- union
- and
- non-union
- men,
- Tess
- is
- mistaken
- for
- a
- fellow
- Scab
- and
- in
- the
- chaos
- pulled
- aboard
- the
- PS
- Rodney
- -
- the
- same
- boat
- heading
- up
- the
- Darling
- River
- that
- her
- husband
- was
- bound
- for.The
- last
- person
- Bram
- Kempster
- expects
- to
- see
- on
- board
- is
- Tess
- Hawthorn,
- the
- girl
- he's
- loved
- from
- afar
- since
- they
- were
- young.
- But
- he
- can't
- afford
- to
- get
- distracted,
- not
- when
- he's
- on
- an
- urgent
- trip
- to
- Renmark.
- Tess
- didn't
- want
- him
- back
- then
- and,
- if
- her
- haughty
- behaviour
- is
- anything
- to
- go
- by,
- she
- certainly
- doesn't
- want
- him
- now.But
- childhood
- hurts
- are
- the
- least
- of
- their
- problems.
- The
- continent
- is
- a
- tinderbox
- of
- violence
- and
- bloodshed
- waiting
- to
- ignite,
- and
- at
- home
- the
- Murray
- River
- is
- rising
- fast.
- Can
- they
- overcome
- their
- past
- in
- time
- to
- work
- together
- and
- survive?PRAISE
- FOR
- DARRY
- FRASER:'Fraser
- has
- established
- herself
- as
- one
- of
- Australia's
- most
- loved
- historical
- fiction
- authors.'
- -
- The
- Herald
- Sun'In
- The
- Milliner
- of
- Bendigo,
- Fraser
- delivers
- another
- enthralling
- adventure,
- sweeping
- us
- along
- on
- the
- remarkable
- journey
- of
- a
- woman
- determined
- to
- forge
- her
- own
- path.'
- -
- Better
- Reading'Darry
- Fraser
- is
- at
- the
- top
- of
- her
- game
- with
- her
- latest
- Australian
- historical
- ...
- The
- Milliner
- of
- Bendigo
- is
- another
- wonderful
- tale
- to
- immerse
- yourself
- in.'
- -
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- Reads
- &
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