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Cargando... The Valleypor Steve Hawke
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Four generations of teenage men of the Kimberley undergo life-changing experiences. In 1916, Billy Noakes flees to a remote valley with a Bunuba woman who becomes his life partner. In 1943, their twin sons dubbed Bob and Two Bob leave the valley after a traumatic event. In 1989, Broome teenager Andy Jirroo must farewell his great love, Milly. In 2005, Andy and Milly's son, Dancer, returns to the valley where his great-grandfather had left a precious inheritance. The Valley is a ripping yarn, an uplifting intergenerational tale, and a captivating look into a little known world where things aren't always what they seem. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Though the novel tells the story of successive generations (and includes a family tree), it's a misnomer to call it a family saga. It's structured in a more imaginative way, travelling backwards and forwards across a century that began at a time when the Kimberley was a lawless place and still operated by its own rules in the middle of the 20th century:
You can tell from that excerpt that Two Bob doesn't want to draw any attention to his journey back to his father Billy Noakes' refuge in a secret valley. Billy and Bessie fled there in 1916 after a murder, and they've never left. While their sons Bob (a.k.a Janga and Hamlet) and Two Bob (a.k.a Wajarri and Othello) left as adolescents to make their way in the wider world, their daughter Sarah is too spooked ever to leave. Billy and Bessie don't even see their grandchild Milly until Two Bob's wife Marj is in hospital with diabetes, so Two Bob grasps the opportunity to take her to the valley. Even Marj doesn't know of its existence.
Decades later Milly's adolescent son Dancer falls foul of a bikie gang, and needs to scarper from Broome. At the same time, his uncle's funeral brings an ageing Two Bob into town after years with no contact. He needs help back at Highlands Station, which is in danger of going under. As Dancer sets off with his father Andy to Highlands station in the back of beyond, he feels uneasy because he has so many unanswered questions about his family, especially the disappearance of his mother when he was only a year old. But the outback begins to work its magic:
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