Henny Haarlem: 2 books

Chas, his brother and sister live in Australia. Their parents have adopted Joe, a half-caste Aboriginal. Chas and Joe share a strong bond. Joe dies young. Although heart-broken, Chas gets on with his life; he becomes a jackaroo (cowboy) and farmhand on a large station. One day he meets buffalo...

Nancy’s young, married, but she isn’t happy. She becomes pregnant but loses the baby and turns to alcohol. She even takes an overdose of sleeping pills to dull the pain inside her. Three days later she wakes up from her deep sleep and discovers she’s lying in hospital. Her mother is...