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From the deserts of Egypt to the rolling hills of South Australia, The Limestone Road is a captivating novel about one soldier's courageous journey 'home'.
In the summer of 1944 returning soldiers Canning Christie and his father Michael arrive in South Australia from the desert sands of North Africa.
Canning carries the trauma of war and a fractured memory of a terrible event, while charismatic Michael resumes his womanising ways, intent on concealing his own secret wound.
Inexplicably drawn to a vineyard on their land, Canning dreams of producing his own wine. And a chance meeting with Grace Huntley, daughter of the local landowner, offers him hope for that future.
But dormant memories keep rising up- his childhood with his mother, the years traversing the interior with his father and his time at the front.
Soon, viniculture becomes an obsession - one he suspects lies in a hazy recollection of a night in battle. To move forward Canning must reconcile the past, even if that means working with Italian POWs and accepting help from an immigrant German . . .
. . . And ultimately taking a stand against his own father, whose increasingly reckless behaviour is threatening to destroy their new life.
'Bears all the hallmarks of a modern Australian classic.' Christine Wells, author of Sisters of the Resistance
'Stirring and authentic. Heartbreaking and uplifting.' Tania Blanchard, author of An Undeniable Voice
'Nicole Alexander's exquisite prose made this book a joy to read.' Lauren Chater, author of The Beauties
About the Author
Nicole Alexander has a Master of letters in Creative Writing and her novels, poetry, travel, writing and genealogy articles have been published in Australia, America, Singapore, New Zealand, Germany, Ukraine and Canada.She is the author of eleven novels, most recently Stone Country, The Cedar Tree and The Last Station. Nicole lives in north-west NSW.
In the summer of 1944 returning soldiers Canning Christie and his father Michael arrive in South Australia from the desert sands of North Africa.
Canning carries the trauma of war and a fractured memory of a terrible event, while charismatic Michael resumes his womanising ways, intent on concealing his own secret wound.
Inexplicably drawn to a vineyard on their land, Canning dreams of producing his own wine. And a chance meeting with Grace Huntley, daughter of the local landowner, offers him hope for that future.
But dormant memories keep rising up- his childhood with his mother, the years traversing the interior with his father and his time at the front.
Soon, viniculture becomes an obsession - one he suspects lies in a hazy recollection of a night in battle. To move forward Canning must reconcile the past, even if that means working with Italian POWs and accepting help from an immigrant German . . .
. . . And ultimately taking a stand against his own father, whose increasingly reckless behaviour is threatening to destroy their new life.
'Bears all the hallmarks of a modern Australian classic.' Christine Wells, author of Sisters of the Resistance
'Stirring and authentic. Heartbreaking and uplifting.' Tania Blanchard, author of An Undeniable Voice
'Nicole Alexander's exquisite prose made this book a joy to read.' Lauren Chater, author of The Beauties
About the Author
Nicole Alexander has a Master of letters in Creative Writing and her novels, poetry, travel, writing and genealogy articles have been published in Australia, America, Singapore, New Zealand, Germany, Ukraine and Canada.She is the author of eleven novels, most recently Stone Country, The Cedar Tree and The Last Station. Nicole lives in north-west NSW.
ISBN: 9781760898250
ISBN-10: 1760898252
Available: 4th March 2025
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Penguin Australia Pty Ltd
Dimensions (cm): 23.3 x 15.3 x 3.3
Weight (kg): 0.49
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