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Sometimes when he didn't know he was being watched Meggie would look at him and try desperately to imprint his face upon her brain's core ...And he would turn to find her watching him, a look in his eyes of haunted grief, a doomed look. She understood the implicit message, or thought she did; he must go, back to the Church and his duties. Never again with the same spirit, perhaps, but more able to serve. For only those who have slipped and fallen know the vicissitudes of the way ...

"She fell not for its romantic hero, but for its Australian setting" - Guardian

"A true epic . . . It's easy to see why this stunning tale has been called the Australian Gone With The Wind" - Observer

"Excellent" - Daily Telegraph

"Beautiful . . . Compelling entertainment" - New York Times

"I simply could not put it down. If it hadn't been wrenched from me at mealtimes, I'd have starved" - Daily Mail

"A heart-rending epic . . . truly marvellous" - Chicago Tribune

"DAILY MAIL" - ‘One of the biggest-selling, most widely read books in the history of fiction’

"OBSERVER" - ‘A true epic. . . It’s easy to see why this stunning tale has been called the Australian Gone With The Wind’

"DAILY TELEGRAPH" - *'Excellent’