The Ghost by the Billabong
The Matilda Saga, Book 5
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Narrated by:
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Edwina Wren
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By:
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Jackie French
About this listen
The fifth title in the sweeping Matilda Saga.
Hippies wear beads, demonstrators march against the Vietnam War, and the world waits to see the first human steps on the moon's surface.
But at Gibbers Creek, Jed Kelly sees ghosts, from the past and future, at the Drinkwater billabong where long ago the swaggie leaped to his defiant death.
But is 17-year-old Jed a con artist or a survivor? When she turns up at Drinkwater Station claiming to be the great-granddaughter of Matilda Thompson's dying husband, Jed clearly has secrets. As does a veteran called Nicholas, who was badly wounded in the Vietnam War and now must try to create a life he truly wants to live, despite the ghosts that haunt him, too.
Set during the turbulence of the late 1960s, this was a time when brilliant and little-known endeavors saw Australia play a vital role in Neil Armstrong's "one giant leap for mankind" on that first unforgettable moon walk.
The fifth title in the highly acclaimed Matilda Saga, The Ghost by the Billabong is a story of deep conflicts and enduring passions - for other people, for the land, and for the future of humanity.
©2015 Jackie French (P)2020 HarperCollins PublishersWhat listeners say about The Ghost by the Billabong
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- Anonymous User
- 24-10-2023
Just keeps getting better
This series just keeps getting better. Thanks Jackie French for sharing your wonderful storytelling gift.
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- Barbara L
- 18-08-2023
Up there with my favourites
Jackie had delved into the many subjects this book covers with a depth that held my curiosity and attention.Edwina Wren is such an enjoyable narrator and so easy to listen to
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-01-2024
another tear jerker
it's the sign of a great author that your readers become involved in your characters, but I'm so bereft of tears, I'm drained. I love happy endings but these are a bit wimpish....and why wasn't Nicholas at the Rock? This is when he appeared to Flinty in TGfSR....where was that bit?
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