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'He didn't look like he could jump a bull, but she knew he could. It was all in the hands, he'd often explain. The will. The bloody mindedness. On a cattle station that stretches beyond the horizon, seven people are trapped by their history and the need to make a living. Trevor Wilkie, the good father, holds it all together, promising his sons a future he no longer believes in himself. The boys, free to roam the world's biggest backyard, have nowhere to go. Trevor's father, Murray, is the keeper of stories and the holder of the deed. Murray has no intention of giving up what his forefathers created. But the drought is winning. The cattle are ribs. The bills keep coming. And one day, on the way to town, an accident changes everything. ' (Publication summary)

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    • Mile End, West Torrens area, Adelaide - South West, Adelaide, South Australia,: Wakefield Press , 2015 .
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      Extent: 351p.
      Note/s:
      • Published: 24th July 2015
      ISBN: 9781743053430

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Works about this Work

Novels in Line for Prize 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 6 April 2016; (p. 7)
Review : The Hands: An Australian Pastoral Fotini Dangiris , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Good Reading , November 2015; (p. 45)

— Review of The Hands : An Australian Pastoral Stephen Orr , 2015 single work novel
Review : The Hands : An Australian Pastoral Josephine Taylor , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 377 2015; (p. 60)

— Review of The Hands : An Australian Pastoral Stephen Orr , 2015 single work novel
Best Reads – End of Story Deborah Bogle , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 20 December 2015; (p. 24)
Annette Marfording’s Best Reads of 2015 Annette Marfording , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , October - December no. 16 2015;
Well Read Katharine England , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 12 September 2015; (p. 28)

— Review of The Hands : An Australian Pastoral Stephen Orr , 2015 single work novel ; The Landing Susan Johnson , 2015 single work novel
Review : The Hands : An Australian Pastoral Josephine Taylor , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 377 2015; (p. 60)

— Review of The Hands : An Australian Pastoral Stephen Orr , 2015 single work novel
Review : The Hands: An Australian Pastoral Fotini Dangiris , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Good Reading , November 2015; (p. 45)

— Review of The Hands : An Australian Pastoral Stephen Orr , 2015 single work novel
Annette Marfording’s Best Reads of 2015 Annette Marfording , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , October - December no. 16 2015;
Best Reads – End of Story Deborah Bogle , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 20 December 2015; (p. 24)
Novels in Line for Prize 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 6 April 2016; (p. 7)
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