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Waiting at the Sliprails
Paperback
Series: The Convict Birthstain Collection (Stand Alone Stories)
RomanceChristian FictionGeneral Fiction
ISBN13: 9780645441543
Publisher: Thorpe-Bowker
Published: Aug 3 2023
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.56 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Set in the upper Nepean River area of Australia, then on the Bathurst Road of New South Wales
Seeking acceptance, they discovered love and forgiveness. Will love be found in a marriage of convenience?
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Bea Dawes is a foundling, alone and unloved. Her life seems to be one trauma after another, and she ends up as a convict dairy maid in a penal colony halfway around the world from where she was born.
Jack Barnes is escaping a home filled with hate and constant bickering. He seeks a wife but is not looking for love. He is hired as a drover and meets Bea.
Bea accepts his offer of marriage, then discovers that he could be gone for months, leaving her alone with Billy and Netty. They are part of the Aboriginal tribe that lives on his secluded farm. Bea learns to love her husband and this wonderful Aboriginal couple as well.
Then drought ravages the farm, and Jack must hit the long paddock with the flock. In his absence, a visitor arrives, threatening to destroy everything they have worked so hard for.
Can Bea touch this woman's heart?
Will the drought ever end, and when will Jack return? Will they realise their feelings of love are stronger than either of them realises? Does she trust him?
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'Waiting at the Sliprails' is a colonial convict historical story in the standalone 'Convict Birthstain Collection' that takes you back to a time when simply surviving was a battle won.
If you love Australian Colonial history, you will love Sara Powter's 'Waiting at the Sliprails', an absorbing Faith -based tale of love and survival in the face of adversity.
Buy 'Waiting at the Sliprails' to find out what occurs to bring the peace back to the valley.
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Tropes
Marriage of Convenience / Strangers to Lovers
The Absent Husband / Long-Distance Separation.
Fish Out of Water (Surviving the Outback)
Found Family
Home/Sanctuary Under Threat
Will They, Won't They? Happily Ever After (HEA)
Faith-Based Fiction
Australian Historical Fiction
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