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The Night Closed Down
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"I don't know what I'm going to do . . . we were so happy together," John Randerson whispers. But he has to pick up the pieces of his broken life after his wife's death. He has to for the sake of his young daughter Kit - his legacy of those happy years. Still reeling...
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- Published 1983
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"I don't know what I'm going to do . . . we were so happy together," John Randerson whispers. But he has to pick up the pieces of his broken life after his wife's death. He has to for the sake of his young daughter Kit - his legacy of those happy years.
Still reeling under the bitter blow of that loss, John purchases an orchard near Gosford in New South Wales, only to find that the agent's glowing promises are lies. Only the faith and trust of his daughter are reliable, that is until pretty school teacher Ailsa Talbot bursts into his life. What of Molly in poverty-stricken Java? A story of moving human interest, tragedy, humour and affection. First published 1948
Frederick Joseph Thwaites was an Australian novelist whose books sold over four million copies. He was best known for his first work The Broken Melody, which was adapted into a 1938 film.
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