Helene Young
Reviewed by Helen
Where do I start with this amazing story, its wow, it’s fabulous and one thing I can say is, it is a must read this truly is a book not to be missed, MS Young has dug deep into the emotions and secrets of an old family from outback Queensland one that is steeped in history through the years and now the time has come for Ivy the matriarch the oldest member left from the Dunmore’s to somehow make things right, so sit back, make sure you have a box of tissues and a drink and get lost in this poignant, heart-rending story.
Ivy Dunmore is ninety three years old and she wants God to take her back to her beloved husband Charlie, she has been running the cattle station Roseglen now for years living on her own, yes she has three children a son Ken and two daughters Georgina and Felicity, the drought has hit hard but with her neighbour and best friend Mitch Trethowan doing what he can to help Ivy is coping, she is getting pressured from her son Ken who owns the neighbouring station Arran Downs to do things that Ivy doesn’t want to do.
Felicity is just about to turn fifty and she is probably closest to her mother so when she is trying to cope with a crisis herself she goes home to help her mother, Georgina Ivy’s eldest daughter has never been close to her mother she is in her sixty’s now and a pilot she has travelled the world and has decided that it might be time to mend bridges with her mother, time for her to go home to Roseglen just when she is needed.
There is so much happening in this book, so many emotions people hurting each other jealousy, greed but there is strength and caring as well, there are secrets that really need to be out in the open after all of these years and there is love to be found, oh I cried am still teary, I don’t want to give too much away, only that this is such a well written story it takes into account the a problem that happens more than we would like to think. I loved the characters all except one and I could have thumped him these people came to life they became friends I felt their pain, their love and their hope for the future as surely Roseglen will prosper. MS Young this is a story that I am not going to forget (still teary) thank you, this is one that I highly recommend.
5/5 stars for a fabulous story
Published
July 2nd 2018
by Penguin Random House Australia
