Barra Creek [MP3 CD]

Di Morrissey (Author), Kate Hood (Narrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2009

It's 1963 and Sally Mitchell, the well-bred daughter of a wealthy New Zealand sheep farmer, is on her way to England with her friend Pru. When the young women stop-over in Sydney, their plans go awry. Sally impulsively takes a job as a governess at Barra Creek, and when the mail plane that flew her there takes off she finds herself left in a different world one dominated by the overpowering John Monroe and his strict and proper wife Lorna. Here Sally's life changes forever. The challenges of coping with her three young charges, wild stockmen, the heat and the wet, brumby musters and cattle rushes all pale beside a great passion, a great loss and a gruesome death. Only Lorna knows the truth of the death and of a terrible injustice. Now, in 2003, she searches for the former governess to finally set things right and share her horrific secret.

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Editorial Reviews

From AudioFile

In her twelfth novel, popular Australian author Di Morrissey creates a sprawling family saga. Sally, the spunky heroine, leaves her life of privilege in New Zealand for a job as governess on a remote cattle station in Barra Creek. There she experiences the dangers inherent in her new life--from racism to crocodile-infested river, from fierce desert to unforgiving jungle. Kate Hood's delivery is energetic and fast paced. Her characterizations bring an edgy realism to Morrissey's rugged cast. When Sally finds her perfect man, Hood is all fuzzy coquettishness, and when he turns out to be not so perfect, her voice drips with disillusionment. Hood's expressive interpretation adds substance to Morrissey's romantic adventure. S.J.H. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Product Details

• MP3 CD
• Publisher: Bolinda Publishing (January 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1742141129
• ISBN-13: 978-1742141121
• Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GOVERNESS AT AN OUTBACK CATTLE STATION, September 22, 2008

By 

Barbara Lane "Audio Books only" (Sydney Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Barra Creek (Paperback)

There is a cattle station - Barra Creek - in the wild Gulf country of North West Queensland of Australia on a tributary of the crocodile-infested Norman River.

Sally Mitchel impulsively takes a job as a governess at Barra Creek. Hundreds of miles from any town and no contact except the mail plane, The Flying Doctor and the School of the Air. The children have to use every day as there is no school except by radio and home tutoring by the governess.

Her boss is overpowering John Monroe and his strict and proper wife Lorna. John Monroe late at night often wanders down to the aboriginal stockmans camp to join them for drinks around a camp fire. The white women are told to never come near at night time, as its not safe.

Sally sleeps on the verandah in the unbearable heat with the three young boys. The boys put a snake in her shoes, play awful pranks on her to scare her away in the beginning.It used to work scaring off all the other governesses. But Sally is determined to stay she has nowhere else to go.

The challenges of her three charges, wild stockmen, the heat and the wet, a great passion, cattle musters all fade compared to a great loss and a gruesome death.

An Outback Family Saga you won't be able to stop thinking about when you are finished. This story would make a wonderful movie.

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Australian Book, January 14, 2012

By 

lauren - See all my reviews

This review is from: Barra Creek (Kindle Edition)

Barra Creek was a fantastic read spanning the life of Sally Mitchell. I am sure I will read it over and over