Under the golden sun : a novel / Jenny Ashcroft.
"Jenny Ashcroft's Under the Golden Sun is a captivating World War II historical love story set against the raw beauty of Australia. Rose Hamilton is in desperate need of a life change when she reads the want ad in the newspaper for a companion needed to escort a young orphaned child to Australia. There are so many reasons she should ignore the advertisement-the war, those treacherous winter seas, her family, her fiance ... but she can't help herself. Within weeks she is boarding an enormous convoy, already too attached to five-year-old Walter. Unfortunately, the cattle station home of Walter's family isn't anything like either of them were told to expect. Rose can't leave this little boy who she's grown to love until he is happy and settled, and she knows the key to this is Walter's wounded fighter pilot uncle. But how will she ever part with Walter? And what if he isn't the only reason she wants to stay?"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250274762 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 344 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, 2022.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Originally published in the United Kingdom by Little, Brown UK in 2020"--Title page verso. |
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Subject: | Air pilots > Fiction. Country life > Australia > 20th century > Fiction. Man-woman relationships > Fiction. Orphans > Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 > Fiction. Young women > England > Fiction. Australia > Fiction. |
Genre: | Historical fiction. War fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Stroud Branch | FIC Ashcr | 31681010270742 | FICTION | Available | - |