The Bark Cutters

Nicole Alexander

Book 1 of Gordon

Language: English

Publisher: Bantam

Published: Jan 1, 2010

Pages: 468
ABC: 2

Description:

A sweeping rural saga through four generations of the Gordon family, from bestselling author Nicole Alexander. Sarah Gordon knows what she wants: the family homestead, Wangallon. When it comes to working the homestead she's a natural but, as a woman, it's not her birthright. Even when her beloved older brother is killed in a tragic accident, nobody looks to Sarah to inherit. Instead her grandfather passes management to Anthony Carrington, who was once Wangallon's jackeroo. Feeling betrayed, Sarah escapes to Sydney to try to put Wangallon behind her. But her heart is pulled in two directions: Sydney with its cafes and social life, her blossoming career as a photographer, and her accountant boyfriend, Jeremy. Or the property that has been in her family for over 120 years, with its floods, its droughts, the ghosts of generations past, and Anthony... Past and present interweave in a story that traces the Gordon family from the arrival of Scottish immigrant Hamish Gordon in Australia in the 1850s to the life of his great-granddaughter, Sarah. ### Review "A great saga that traces family history with a wealth of romance."  —*Womans Day* "Captures the lives of four generations of one rural family. Alexander splits her story into two time zones tracing the family back to the 1850's."  —*Sunday Mail Brisbane* "Get stuck into this Aussie saga spanning four generations. Four stars."  —*NW Magazine* ### About the Author **Nicole Alexander** is a working partner and business manager of a mixed agricultural property as well as a talented writer. Her poetry, travel, and genealogy articles have been published in Australia, America, and Singapore.