Four Fires (101 page)
But in the end, there is your editor, like your mum, she is indispensable. In Kay Ronai I have simply the best, she is my friend, my mentor and the hand I reach out to in the dark. She has never failed me.
I thank you all. bryce courtenay
jessica
Jessica is based on the inspiring true story of a young girl's fight for justice against tremendous odds. A tomboy, Jessica is the pride of her father, as they work together on the struggling family farm. One quiet day, the peace of the bush is devastated by a terrible murder. Only Jessica is able to save the killer from the lynch mob - but will justice prevail in the courts?
Nine months later, a baby is born ... with Jessica determined to guard the secret of the father's identity. The rivalry of Jessica and her beautiful sister for the love of the same man will echo throughout their lives - until finally the truth must be told.
Set in a harsh Australian bush against the outbreak of World War I, this novel is heartbreaking in its innocence, and shattering in its brutality.
smoky joe's cafe
Thommo returns from Vietnam to an Australia that regards him as a mercenary guilty of war crimes. All who remain of his platoon who fought and died in the Battle of Long Tan are affected the same way. Now Thommo and his mates are angry men out for revenge. They're the
'Dirty Dozen', just like the movie. Only it's real life, and they're so screwed up they probably couldn't fight their way out of a wet paper bag.
That is, until a woman of character steps in. Wendy's infant daughter is dying and needs a bone-marrow transplant. Hell hath no fury ... as she sets out to mould this bunch of ex-jungle fighters into a unit that will fight for justice, by fair means or foul.
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