Book set in Australia (Feel the love in the Outback)
- Book: Flight to Coorah Creek
- Location: The Outback
- Author: Janet Gover
A debut novel from Janet Gover who grew up in the Outback and does a terrific job of transporting her reader to this arid, red, and dusty part of the world: she truly captures ”the splendour of the Outback in all its moods”.
Her characters have for the most part fled appalling personal circumstances and find themselves in the remote fictional town of Coorah Creek, essentially a community populated by people who care for their own. Kindness is the byword.
Jess arrives as the new pilot for the Beechcraft that flies Adam, the local doctor, to tend his patients. The area he has to cover is huge. Ellen has arrived with her two children, is seeking refuge from a violent past and she and Jess, as the new arrivals in town, bond in their lodgings, rooming above the local pub.
The author has a real gift for adding flesh to her characters, they are credible, although they can be somewhat irritatingly taciturn when it comes to affairs of the heart (and of course, this is a romance novel so there has to be some miscommunication and thwarted feelings along the way). The men are men, and the women are resilient yet feminine. All in all what more could you need in a book? And pleased to hear there are more stories set in Coorah Creek coming up!
This review plus author Q&A first appeared on our blog
Please wait...
