Stillwater Creek
by:
Alison Booth (author)
Stillwater Creek is set in post war (1957) country town Jingera. Ilona Talivaldis (concentration camp survivor) arrives from Sydney with her daughter Zidra in the hope of creating a home in this small country town. Peter Vincent (POW) survivor, Lorna Booth a feisty young indigenous girl that...
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Stillwater Creek is set in post war (1957) country town Jingera. Ilona Talivaldis (concentration camp survivor) arrives from Sydney with her daughter Zidra in the hope of creating a home in this small country town. Peter Vincent (POW) survivor, Lorna Booth a feisty young indigenous girl that protects Zidra from school bullies is one step in front of the men with black cars, the silently and uncomfortably observant Mr Bates, the young Jim Cadwaller who shares his father’s dream of getting a good education.
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Edition language: English
Read by Vincenza - one of our library readers who likes to read first time Australian authors, recommended this book. I liked the look of the cover and the quote by Debra Adelaide was the challenge "a story that lingers long in the imagination". First impression on finishing the book was "Sophie's ...
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