Red Road Green: A tale of the Amazon

Author(s): Jonathan Franklin

Location(s): Amazon Rainforest, Brazil

Genre(s): Adventure, Fiction

Era(s): 1960s

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AMAZON, BRAZIL 1965. The government offers land and money to those brave enough to travel 2000 kilometres to make a new life in the jungle.

A brave young woman, Idenea, and her family are given a 50 hectare plot and begin clearing 40 metre high trees. Malaria is rampant; Indians watch; life is hard. When her baby is stolen, she is forced to flee in search of her child.

Nearby, is an unlikely ally. Bobby, an ex British soldier, has turned to ranching to hide from the demons of his past. Meeting in the Perfect Peace Motel they fall in love. He tries to protect her from slavery and his troubled history.

Full of reckless youth, they build a life together. But when political violence strikes can their love survive?

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Author: Tina Hartas

The novel opens with Idenea, working in a brothel. She clearly has history, her son has been stolen from her but she continues to be driven to look for him. The narrative soon switches to Bobby, driving the local...

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