Romancing the Outback

By Irene Drummond

Book Overview

Romancing the Outback is a sequel to War at Our Door. A continuation of War at our Door, thirty two years on, Romancing the Outback includes some of the same main characters, along with their offspring, and the politics and happenings around that time. It covers troubled romances and a double wedding. A runaway, Tommy, ends up on the streets of Brisbane, battling for survival. A returned soldier and an army nurse finally find peace thirty-two years after WW2 ends. A plane crash kills a neighbor's twin sons. There are near fatalities when dealing with ruthless cattle rustlers. Accidents happen, a heart attack is dealt with, and a horse sale along with a Charleville Picnic Race Meeting isn't without its dramas. A Land Army Girl reunion brings back to the fold, two from Tuscany. And all this, amid cattle being mustered, branded, ear-marked, cut, injected against brucellosis and parasites, sheep mustering, and sheering, and many other chores and happenings that go hand in hand with living on a sheep and cattle station in the outer regions of Queensland's vast outback.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 149903279X
• ISBN13: 9781499032796
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Xlibris
• Length: 700 Pages
• Weight: 2.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"