| Author: | Estelle Pinney | ISBN: | 9781742281797 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Australia | Publication: | January 5, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Penguin eBooks | Language: | English |
| Author: | Estelle Pinney |
| ISBN: | 9781742281797 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Publication: | January 5, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Penguin eBooks |
| Language: | English |
***A bet in half-jest, a ruby and a passionate love affair take a man and a woman in an unexpected direction . . .***�
Sydney, 1936, and the gorgeous Greta Osborne is a burgeoning stage star about to join the famous Palace Theatre in New York.� But meeting married British naval officer Andrew Flight changes everything.� Falling recklessly and deeply in love, Greta waives aside any thoughts of America and Andrew jumps ship.� The pair flee to a small tobacco town in Far North Queensland, where their arrival is viewed with suspicion and speculation.
Caught up in the social unrest and hardship f the Great Depression, the couple is soon pushed further north to a remote island in Papua New Guinea, where they hope to settle and at last find peace.� Bravely battling disapproval, disappointment and near-tragic loss, together the pair's sustaining love helps them laugh, triumph and take on the world.
***A bet in half-jest, a ruby and a passionate love affair take a man and a woman in an unexpected direction . . .***�
Sydney, 1936, and the gorgeous Greta Osborne is a burgeoning stage star about to join the famous Palace Theatre in New York.� But meeting married British naval officer Andrew Flight changes everything.� Falling recklessly and deeply in love, Greta waives aside any thoughts of America and Andrew jumps ship.� The pair flee to a small tobacco town in Far North Queensland, where their arrival is viewed with suspicion and speculation.
Caught up in the social unrest and hardship f the Great Depression, the couple is soon pushed further north to a remote island in Papua New Guinea, where they hope to settle and at last find peace.� Bravely battling disapproval, disappointment and near-tragic loss, together the pair's sustaining love helps them laugh, triumph and take on the world.
