Back to Billabong by Mary Grant Bruce

Back to Billabong

by Mary Grant Bruce

Ward Lock & Co., c1950s, hardcover

Good Condition, some edge and shelf wear, some rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, missing front flyleaf, finger marks on introductory pages at edges, ink staining back endpapers and last few pages at bottom spine, discoloration and marks to covers and spine (see photographs)

“The Lintons - Norah, Jim, their father, David and Wally Meadows, receive a rapturous welcome when they return home. But they have not returned alone. With them are two young English friends, Bob Rainham and his sister Cecilia, or "Tommy" as she prefers to be called. Bob and Tommy have escaped from London's smog, an uncaring father and a spiteful stepmother to make a new life in Australia. The Lintons help them settle into Creek Cottage, their new home. But it is a year of cruel droughts and bushfires. Can the Rainhams survive near catastrophe, and will their sheer determination to succeed in their new country carry them through?”