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Cargando... The Valley (edición 2018)por Steve Hawke (Autor)
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Hidden in the refuge of a secret valley, their tiny community lives unknown to the world. When, a century later, Broome schoolboy Dancer falls foul of the local bikie gang, he and his father head up the Gibb River Road. Here, in a maze of rugged ranges and remote communities, Dancer begins to unravel the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of Milly Rider, the mother he never knew. But the valley hides its secrets well. As Dancer learns the ways of his mother's country, he uncovers a precious inheritance - one not even those closest to Milly expected to find. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — Cargando... GénerosSistema Decimal Melvil (DDC)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999Clasificación de la Biblioteca del CongresoValoraciónPromedio:
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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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