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The Opal Desert
- Narrated by: Kate Hood
- Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
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The Opal Desert
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Publisher's Summary
The Opal Desert is the story of three women from different generations with unresolved issues in their lives who meet in the fictitious NSW town of Opal Lake.
Kerrie, in her 40s, has just lost her famous sculptor husband who had been the centre of her existence and for whom she made many sacrifices and she now finds her life has lost direction. Shirley, approaching 80, was betrayed by her lover many years before and has retreated from the world, becoming a recluse living in an underground dugout. Anna,19, has a promising athletic career but is torn between the commitment to her sport, which could carry her to the Olympics, or enjoying life like other young people.
The friendship that develops between these three women, who meet in the strangely beautiful but desolate landscape of the opal fields, helps them resolve and come to terms with the next stage of their lives.
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- Kerrie Czernia
- 01-01-2021
Good Aussie Drama
Loved this book and the journey it took you on. Had you feeling like it was a true story rather than fiction
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- Diana
- 17-04-2016
Great
Great to read such a wonderful Australian story. I have been to some of the places so it really comes to life in my imagination.
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- Kym B.
- 06-02-2024
Standard Romance - not very imaginative
the voice of the young Shirley nearly made me turn it off, very irritating although it must be hard for the narrator. I am very familiar with Lightning Ridge and that was all that kept me listening.
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- Megan
- 10-11-2016
Great book !!
This is a great book ! Takes you to another place , and give you an insight to another life and some of the different lives that this country has to offer !
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- Emma
- 27-03-2020
Great Story
It was a most enjoyable story, good background descriptions, suspense and interesting characters.
Well narrated...
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- Aussie 66
- 11-08-2020
lovely description of the outback
I didn't like the narrator her choice of voice/accent for the characters was weird. for example; why would a person who arrived in Australia at 3 have at 40+ the voice of an old man with an accent being a cross between Italian and Russian??
the book was pleasant enough.
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- Christine
- 26-09-2022
I couldn't finish it, the narrator was dreadful
I'm sorry, this may have been a wonderful story but the annoying whiney attempt at an innocent young woman's voice set my teeth on edge. Give it a miss...
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- Liz
- 30-08-2021
Terrible reading
Was really disturbing hearing a child like voice portraying a young student dating and older man, creepy!
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