About this Event
How lucky we are to have Darry Fraser launch her new novel at the Salisbury Community Hub?
The Night on the Darling River By Darry Fraser
Amid the rising flood waters and shearers' strike violence, can one brave woman reclaim her future? From an Australian bestselling author comes a riveting historical adventure about one woman's journey from a life of isolation to one of love and acceptance.
1894, Echuca, Victoria
Tess Hawthorn is a woman on the run from her abusive husband. All she has to do is get on the riverboat Victor and she will be free.
But with tensions at an all-time high between unionist shearers and Scabs, Tess isn't the only person trying to board a boat under the cover of night. When a brawl erupts between the union and non-union men, Tess is mistaken as a fellow Scab and in the chaos pulled aboard the PS Rodney - the same boat heading up the Darling River that her husband was bound for.
The last person Bram Kempster expects to see on board is Tess Hawthorn, the girl he's loved from afar since they were young. But he can't afford to get distracted, not when he's on an urgent trip to Renmark. Tess didn't want him back then and, if her haughty behaviour is anything to go by, she certainly doesn't want him now.
But childhood hurts are the least of their problems. The continent is a tinderbox of violence and bloodshed waiting to ignite, and at home the Murray River is rising fast. Can they overcome their past in time to work together and survive?
Darry Fraser
The Australian landscape is home and hearth for Darry Fraser, a best-selling Australian author published by HarperCollins. There’s a powerful connection between the settings of her books and her character’s lives.
Her genre is Australian historical fiction – she writes empowering feminist adventure fiction set in Australian history. Published by HarperCollins, her tenth novel, The Night on the Darling River, will be released in December, 2024.
A lifetime ago, she spent some childhood years on the Murray in Victoria. From there began her love affair with the river where a number of her novels are set. Her stories are of ordinary people in nineteenth century Australia who are drawn into difficult circumstances – adventure, mystery and mayhem, love and life, and against the backdrop of historical events and iconic landscapes.
Darry lives on the spectacular Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia, very close once again to her mighty river.
Wednesday 4th December
2pm
Books will be available for purchase and Darry will be available to sign copies of her books
Light refreshments will be provided
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Salisbury Community Hub, 34 Church Street, Salisbury, Australia
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