VGC.New English Library,1989.First edition-first printing.Blue hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(tear on the edge of the back Dj cover,a couple of creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover),both in VGC.Illustrated with a map of Australia inside the front and back cover.Nice and clean pages with a couple ink marks and slightly tainted and yellow on the outer edges,small pencil marks impressions on the edge of the first page of the book,light shelf wear on the edges of the pages.478pp. This is another paragraph Product Description: Alix Macfarlane comes from a wealthy home in Adelaide, but chooses a nursing career and goes to work in the outback. When her doctor husband is killed in World War I she brings up her daughter, Caro, alone, hoping thorugh her to fulfil her dreams of bringing medical care to the country.