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Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 Absolution Creek
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'One man lost her. One man died for her. And one would kill for her ... Nicole Alexander's new bestseller is a sweeping rural saga spanning two generations.

In 1923 nineteen-year-old Jack Manning watches the construction of the mighty Harbour Bridge and dreams of being more than just a grocer's son. So when he's offered the chance to manage Absolution Creek, a sheep property 800 miles from Sydney, he seizes the opportunity.

But outback life is tough, particularly if you're young, inexperienced and have only a few textbooks to guide you. Then a thirteen-year-old girl, Squib Hamilton, quite literally washes up on his doorstep - setting in motion a devastating chain of events...

Forty years later and Cora Hamilton is waging a constant battle to keep Absolution Creek in business. She's ostracized by the local community and hindered by her inability to move on from the terrible events of her past, which haunt her both physically and emotionally.

Only one man knows what really happened in 1923. A dying man who is riding towards Absolution Creek, seeking his own salvation... ' (Publisher's blurb)

From the gleaming foreshores of Sydney Harbour to the vast Australian outback, this is a story of betrayal and redemption and of an enduring love which defies even death.' (Publisher's blurb)

Notes

  • Dedication: For those who are lost, who would be found.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • North Sydney, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Bantam Australia , 2012 .
      person or book cover
      Extent: 519p.
      Note/s:
      • Also available as an electronic resource.
      ISBN: 9781864712810 (pbk.)
Alternative title: Der Ruf des blauen Flusses
Language: German
    • Munich,
      c
      Germany,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Blanvalet ,
      2014 .
      image of person or book cover 6378106336115615618.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 510p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 15th December 2014
      ISBN: 9783641123406 (ebk), 9783955691264 (pbk)

Other Formats

  • Also large print.

Works about this Work

Fiction Barbara Baker , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 29 - 30 September 2012; (p. 22)

— Review of Absolution Creek Nicole Alexander , 2012 single work novel
Fiction Barbara Baker , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 29 - 30 September 2012; (p. 22)

— Review of Absolution Creek Nicole Alexander , 2012 single work novel
Last amended 14 Oct 2021 10:50:43
Settings:
  • Australian Outback, Central Australia,
  • Sydney Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales,
  • 1923
  • 1963
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