The Woolgrower's Companion by Joy Rhoades
Set over ten tumultuous months in 1945, The Woolgrower's Companion is the gripping story of one woman’s fight against all odds, and a sweeping tribute to Australia's landscape and its people.
Australia 1945. Until now Kate Dowd has led a sheltered life on Amiens, her family’s sprawling sheep station in northern New South Wales. The horrors of war have for the most part left her untouched. But with her father succumbing to wounds he’s borne since the Great War, the management of the farm is increasingly falling on Kate’s shoulders.
With only the sheep-rearing book The Woolgrower’s Companion to guide her, Kate rises to the challenge. However the arrival of two Italian POW labourers unsettles not only the other workers, but Kate too - especially when she finds herself drawn to the enigmatic Luca Canali.
Then she receives devastating news. The farm is near bankrupt and the bank is set to repossess. Given just eight weeks to pay the debt, Kate is now in a race to save everything she holds dear.
Format: Paperback | 416 pages
Dimensions (cm): 19.8 x 13 x 2.5 | 304g
Publication Date: 19 Mar 2018
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Imprint: Bantam Books
Publication City/Country: North Sydney, Australia
Language: English
ISBN10: 0143787527
ISBN13: 9780143787525
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including very minor, tiny, scuff marks along the edges, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with very minimal creasing (minor crease on the first page only), but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and no writing in margins. No missing pages.