Book: Missus

Summary: Park, author of The Harp of the South and Poor Man's Orange (1948, 1949), here creates the early lives of Hugh Darcy and other familiar characters from those novels. First published in Australia in 1985, this book brings to life such vivid individuals as Hugh, the brawling, charming working man who is always putting off his marriage to Margaret Kilker just a little longer; Jer, his brother, the introspective and calculating cripple who manipulates everyone to protect his own interests; Margaret, the long-suffering sweetheart who will have Hugh and no one else though she doesn't know quite why. These turbulent children of Irish immigrants to Australia interact passionately in a novel that will please new readers as much as those already interested in the Darcy saga.

What I thought: really enjoyed. Please to be reading them in order. Now off to find Harp in the South :)

Book : Iron Junction

Summary: Overwhelmed by her family's expectations, Dr Beth Harding leaves Sydney behind and takes a locum job in the mining town of Iron Junction. With tensions in the mine running high, and feeling like an outsider, Beth is soon convinced the move was a huge mistake. That is, until she meets Will, who could make the difference between her leaving or staying.

For Will Walker, working on his father's cattle farm was never the life he wanted. Instead, he s traded a broad-brim for a hard hat and headed out to the mines. Iron Junction seems like just another gig in the long road that s taking him further from home. But in the independent, fly-in, fly-out life, he hadn't counted on meeting Beth on an isolated Pilbara road.

Finding each other forces Will to face his past, just as Beth confronts her future. With so much at stake, will they be brave enough to love each other despite everything that stands in their way?


What I thought: Thoroughly enjoyed. I think I like this autohor becuase she writes about medicine and I work in the health field. Who knows - just a good rural romance!