A young English woman leaves her ageing parents to visit friends living in the Australian outback. She falls in love, both with the country and with Carl, a doctor and Czech refugee. Brought together through dramatic encounters and strange twists of fate, their relationship hangs in the balance when Jennifer is called back to England.
| ISBN: | 9780099530039 |
| Publication date: | 3rd September 2009 |
| Author: | Nevil Shute |
| Publisher: | Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 239 pages |
| Series: | Vintage Classics |
| Genres: |
Romance: ‘western’, rural or ‘outback’ Classic fiction: general and literary Narrative theme: Love and relationships |