Elianne by Judy Nunn
In the tough world of Queensland sugar mills, it's not only cane that is crushed ...
In 1881 'Big Jim' Durham ruthlessly creates for Elianne Desmarais, his young French wife, the finest of the great sugar mills of the Southern Queensland cane fields, and names it in her honour.
The massive estate becomes a self-sufficient fortress and home to hundreds of workers, but 'Elianne' and the Durham Family, have dark and distant secrets; secrets that surface in the wildest of times, the 1960s.
For Kate Durham and her brothers Neil and Alan, freedom is the catchword of the decade. Rock 'n' roll, the Pill, the Vietnam War, the rise of Feminism, Asian immigration and the Freedom Ride join forces to rattle the chains of traditional values.
The workers leave the great sugar estates as mechanisation lessens the need for labour - and the Durham family, its secrets exposed, begins its fall from grace...
Judy Nunn's latest novel is a story of honour - family honour among hard men in a hard environment. But when honour is lost so too is love, and without love, what becomes of the family?
Format: Paperback | 480 pages
Dimensions (cm): 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.9 | 326g
Publication Date: 03 Nov 2014
Publisher: Random House
Imprint: Arrow Books
Publication City/Country: Sydney, Australia
Language: English
ISBN10: 1742758398
ISBN13: 9781742758398
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including tiny (barely visible) scuff marks along the edges, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with no creasing or tearing, no pencil underlining of text, and no highlighting of text. Someone, for some reason, has signed the bottom of the last page in blue biro, but no other writing in margins. No missing pages.