Darker Grows the Valley by Grace Bartram

Darker Grows the Valley

by Grace Bartram

Macmillan, 1981, [First Edition], ISBN 0333337956, hardback, dustjacket

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, ‘complimentary copy’ label attached to front endpaper, dustjacket shows a little edge and shelf wear with a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners (see photographs)

“Darker Grows the Valley is the story of a tragic and inevitable conflict; the story of a lost forest and a gentle way of life that would never be again.  At the centre of this conflict, and torn between two worlds, stands the powerful figure of Haddon the half-caste.  Brought up by a white family as their own child, he falls in love with their daughter Lizbeth and she with him.  But Haddon is the last hope for a dying tribe.  Gradually he is drawn back to the ways of the Aboriginal people and the story moves towards its momentous conclusion.”