Set in 1950, the story takes place partly in London and partly in Australia. Jennifer Morton, a young Englishwoman leaves her aging parents to visit friends in the Australian outback. She falls in love with both the country and Carl Zlinter, a 'New Australian'; a Czech refugee who is working at a nearby lumber camp,. a condition of his free passage to Australia. Brought together by strange twists of fate, their relationship hangs in the balance when Jennifer is forced to return to England.Saturday, 28 April 2012
Romance in a far country
The far country / Nevil Shute. London : Heinemann 1952
Set in 1950, the story takes place partly in London and partly in Australia. Jennifer Morton, a young Englishwoman leaves her aging parents to visit friends in the Australian outback. She falls in love with both the country and Carl Zlinter, a 'New Australian'; a Czech refugee who is working at a nearby lumber camp,. a condition of his free passage to Australia. Brought together by strange twists of fate, their relationship hangs in the balance when Jennifer is forced to return to England.
"...a story that follows more or less predictable lines for a warm and heartening tale." (Kirkus Reviews, September 1, 1952)
Set in 1950, the story takes place partly in London and partly in Australia. Jennifer Morton, a young Englishwoman leaves her aging parents to visit friends in the Australian outback. She falls in love with both the country and Carl Zlinter, a 'New Australian'; a Czech refugee who is working at a nearby lumber camp,. a condition of his free passage to Australia. Brought together by strange twists of fate, their relationship hangs in the balance when Jennifer is forced to return to England.
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