Still Waters [Hardcover]

Judith Saxton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1999

The misty magic of the Norfolk Broads and the harsh beauty of the Australian bush come to life in this compelling and touching love story.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

A family's mysterious past returns to haunt an English girl between the world wars in this enjoyable but facile effort from the popular Saxton (Harvest Moon). Little Tess Delamere lives in the Norfolk countryside with her doting, widowed dad and their friendly neighbors. The only dark spot on her childhood is Tess's recurring dream about a dimly remembered dreadful experience at the seaside. After she is sent to boarding school at the behest of her father's French fiancee, Marianne, Tess meets handsome, self-centered Ashley Knox, who falls in love with her and reveals secrets about the mother she can't remember. Meanwhile, a world away in Australia, young Mal Chandler is having his own growing pains, trying to lose his shadowy past as assiduously as Tess is trying to regain hers. When WWII intrudes, the two are thrown together and solve each other's mysteries?though their future is thrown into doubt when Mal is taken prisoner and Ashley dances attendance on Tess. Lyrical descriptions of England and convincing detail of cattle-station life in Australia add charm to the tale of this vibrant protagonist.
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From Booklist

Tess and Mal meet at a dance during World War II. They immediately fall in love and plan to get married, but before the wedding can take place, Mal's plane disappears over France. During the long wait, Tess continues with her own war efforts, working on a farm and coping with family demands. When Mal finally returns at the end of the war, they pick up their relationship where they left off, only to discover that they seem to have nothing in common. But both suffer from nightmares, and this affliction binds them together as Mal tries to forget his dreams and Tess wonders about the cause of hers. Together they find the source of her bad dreams and solidify their marriage, an opportunity for Saxton, a master of historical fiction, to describe their very different childhoods--Tess' life of relative comfort in a small town near Norwich, England, and Cal's more difficult childhood in Melbourne, Australia--in detail. Life may have been simpler during this time, but it was definitely not simplistic. Pat Engelmann --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: World Pubns (October 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0766999122
• ISBN-13: 978-0766999121
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• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,799,562 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the books that I read in a long while!, July 19, 2001

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This review is from: Still Waters (Hardcover)

I came across the Judith Saxton works earlier this year, I can say that I never been disapointed with any of her book. Still Waters tells the story of Tess and Mal two people who different ends of the earth, but with the coming Second World War they finally meet and hope to discover truth behind a secret that has haunted Tess most of her life. Ms. Saxton is able to make the reader a sense on how life is wartime Britian. A really great book!