Jack's Promises
Grahame Elliott
- Australia,
- 1937.
- Frieda,
- with
- her
- four
- children,
- left
- the
- city
- to
- follow
- her
- husband,
- Jack,
- to
- Cloncurry,
- a
- small
- town
- in
- Western
- Queensland,
- unaware
- of
- the
- tragedy
- and
- sorrow
- that
- lay
- ahead.
- Stability
- and
- happiness
- were
- what
- she
- craved
- more
- than
- anything
- else
- for
- her
- family.
- Jack,
- on
- the
- other
- hand,
- was
- obsessed
- with
- locating
- a
- copper
- motherlode
- in
- the
- abandoned
- mines
- and
- would
- sacrifice
- everything
- to
- find
- it,
- including
- the
- love
- she
- had
- for
- him.When
- they
- were
- forced
- to
- return
- to
- the
- city,
- Frieda
- discovered
- Jack's
- secret,
- causing
- her
- frustrated
- love
- to
- turn
- to
- bitterness
- and
- a
- desire
- for
- revenge.
- So,
- when
- Frieda
- followed
- Jack
- back
- to
- Cloncurry
- at
- the
- outbreak
- of
- WWII,
- their
- lives
- and
- relationship
- were
- very
- different.
- She
- was
- determined
- to
- follow
- her
- own
- dream
- while
- Jack
- destroyed
- everything
- he
- had
- left.Jack's
- Promises
- is
- based
- on
- a
- true
- story
- of
- a
- woman's
- love
- for
- her
- children
- and
- her
- struggle
- to
- survive
- in
- the
- Australian Outback.
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