Book description
Following the tragic death of their father, Clem Price and his sister
Alice take over the running of Lancoorie sheep station in Western
Australia. Despite his youth and inexperience, Clem is determined to see
the farm prosper. When wealthy Dr Carty suggests that Clem marry his
daughter Thora, Clem cannot afford to refuse the handsome dowry she will
bring. And although he knows that Thora is carrying another man's child,
he is enchanted by his beautiful young bride. Yet Thora proves to be
flighty and demanding, disappointed that her husband is not as wealthy
as she had imagined. Desperate to please her, Clem joins the goldrush to
Kalgoorlie to seek his fortune. But his prolonged absence enrages Thora
further and, despite Alice's warnings, she travels to Perth to find her
husband. Her dramatic reunion with Clem is to have shocking consequences
from which those involved might never recover... Born in Melbourne,
Patricia Shaw worked as a teacher, political journalist and an oral
historian, before pursuing a literary career. Her novel THE FIVE WINDS
won the prestigious Corine International Book Prize. Patricia lives on
the beautiful Gold Coast of Australia.
