Good yarn … Jessica is Joe's second daughter, strong-willed and independent, gets shafted by mother, etc etc --- but yawn, yawn, Courtenay sure does ramble. I enjoyed the first third, then speed-read the remaining two thirds… ( )

one of my favourites ( )

Based on a true story of a young woman growing up in the harsh environment of the Australian outback in the 1940’s. It is an epic kind of story about her search for justice against seemingly impossible odds. Although a great story, which kept me engaged, I found it the least well written of the Courtenay books I’ve read. I found the perspective of the narration a bit clumsy at times, but still a rip roaring tale that will keep the pages turning

The end of the book touches on the issues of the Stolen Generation, and ghastly piece of Australian history that in my opinion is too often overlooked. So, I appreciated that it was written about. ( )

A fantastic, very difficult to put down epic about a young girls find for justice against tremendous odds. An emotional, however inspirational read. ( )

This is my favourite book and have read it several times. Interestingly I haven't enjoyed others by this author as much. ( )