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'... Blue Skies tells the inspirational story of a young woman battling to save the family farm no matter what it takes. Armed with an honours degree in Agribusiness, Amanda Greenfield dreams of employing all the skills she's learnt at college to help her father turn the family farm from a debt-ridden, run-down basket case into a thriving enterprise.
'Then tragedy strikes with the death of Amanda's mother in a car accident. Wracked by grief and guilt, and wearied by the long struggle to keep Kyleena a going concern, Amanda's father argues that they should sell up and get on with their lives away from the vagaries of drought and fluctuating stock and crop yields.
'Having inherited half the farm from her beloved mother, whom she also grieves for, Amanda determines to summon all her strength, grit and know how to save Kyleena. Along the way she faces mixed fortunes in both love and life...' (From the publisher's website.)
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Dedication:
To Bev Due and Ned Woodward, friends who suffered from breast cancer and both died before this book was finished.
To Anthony, Rochelle and Hayden – my world.
Carolyn, without whom Blue Skies wouldn't have been started, let alone completed.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Large print.
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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You're Reading
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 18-19 January 2014; (p. 21)
— Review of Blue Skies 2010 single work novel -
Fleur McDonald – Author Interview
2010
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Australian Literature Review , June 2010; -
Blue Skies Or Red Dust, It's a Colourful Life
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 22 May 2010; (p. 59) -
Books
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 3 April 2010; (p. 28-29)
— Review of Blue Skies 2010 single work novel ; A Life on the Road : An Autobiography 2010 single work autobiography ; Documents That Shaped Australia : Records of a Nation's Heritage 2010 anthology prose
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Books
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 3 April 2010; (p. 28-29)
— Review of Blue Skies 2010 single work novel ; A Life on the Road : An Autobiography 2010 single work autobiography ; Documents That Shaped Australia : Records of a Nation's Heritage 2010 anthology prose -
You're Reading
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 18-19 January 2014; (p. 21)
— Review of Blue Skies 2010 single work novel -
Blue Skies Or Red Dust, It's a Colourful Life
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 22 May 2010; (p. 59) -
Fleur McDonald – Author Interview
2010
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Australian Literature Review , June 2010;
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