000 | 02254cam a2200337Mi 4500 | ||
---|---|---|---|
001 | on1318986245 | ||
003 | OCoLC | ||
005 | 20230510143209.0 | ||
007 | ta | ||
008 | 220502s2022 vra e 000 1 eng d | ||
020 |
_a9781761041563 _q(pbk.) |
||
020 |
_a1761041568 _q(pbk.) |
||
029 | 1 |
_aAU@ _b000072829120 |
|
035 | _a(OCoLC)1318986245 | ||
040 |
_aAUNRT _beng _erda _cAUNRT _dNZLPP _dOCLCF |
||
082 | 0 | 4 |
_aA823.4 _223 |
100 |
_aMcIntosh, Fiona, _d1960- _eauthor. _911462 |
||
245 | 1 | 4 |
_aThe orphans / _cFiona McIntosh. |
260 |
_aHawthorn : _bMichael Joseph, _c2022. |
||
300 |
_a424 pages ; _c24 cm. |
||
520 | _aOrphan Fleur Appleby is adopted by a loving undertaker and his wife and she quickly develops a special gift for helping bereaved families. Her ambition to be the first female mortician in the country is fuelled by her plan to bring more women into the male dominated funeral industry. Raised in the outback of South Australia's Flinders Ranges, Tom Catchlove is faced with a life-changing tragedy as a young boy. He works hard but dreams big, striving for a future as a wool classer. A chance encounter between the two children will change the course of their lives. By adulthood Fleur finds herself fighting for the survival of the family's business, while her widowed father drinks away generations of prosperity and a new, conniving stepmother wants Fleur gone. When Tom emerges from the isolation of the desert to find new work at the port woolstores, his path crosses with Fleur's again, only to be caught up in a murder investigation, in which they can only trust each other. At once tragic and triumphant, The Orphans is an unforgettable story about a unique bond between two children that will echo down the years, and teach them both about the real meaning of life, of loss, and of love. | ||
650 | 0 |
_aOrphans _vFiction. _916974 |
|
650 | 0 |
_aFamily-owned business enterprises _vFiction. _95692 |
|
650 | 0 |
_aMan-woman relationships _vFiction. _91501 |
|
650 | 0 |
_aLife change events _vFiction. _92839 |
|
650 | 0 |
_aAustralian fiction. _91575 |
|
650 | 7 |
_aAustralian fiction. _2fast _91575 |
|
655 | 0 |
_aRomance fiction. _2fast _922433 |
|
942 |
_2ddc _cFIC |
||
948 | _hNO HOLDINGS IN NZWMT - 140 OTHER HOLDINGS | ||
999 |
_c48401 _d48401 |