The Black Opal

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Author: Katharine Susannah Prichard ISBN: 9781743430248
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Publication: July 1, 2012
Imprint: Allen & Unwin Language: English
Author: Katharine Susannah Prichard
ISBN: 9781743430248
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Publication: July 1, 2012
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
Language: English

The Black Opal is a tender story of the highs and lows of a close-knit community of opal-miners. The men and women of Fallen Star Ridge - Potch, Michael, Sophie, Snow-Shoes - love their land and cherish their freedom, until a wealthy buyer arrives in town with an offer seemingly too lucrative to refuse and they are tempted to relinquish their independence.

Though bound by a promise to her mother to never leave the Ridge, Sophie departs for New York, only to find that she can't stay away from her home. Throughout the novel, the irrepressible love she bears for her ill-matched soul mate, Arthur Henty, threatens to overturn both their lives.

Katharine Susannah Prichard wrote The Black Opal, her third novel, after spending some months at Lightning Ridge. It is a moving story, infused with the magic of that most mysterious and striking of all gems - a symbol of Australia - the opal. It involves thoroughly memorable characters whose humour, courage and passion shine in an awesome landscape.

Whether she is writing of the place, its people or the fight for an ideal, she writes with great love for her subject, which makes The Black Opal one of Katharine Susannah Prichard's most powerful books.

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The Black Opal is a tender story of the highs and lows of a close-knit community of opal-miners. The men and women of Fallen Star Ridge - Potch, Michael, Sophie, Snow-Shoes - love their land and cherish their freedom, until a wealthy buyer arrives in town with an offer seemingly too lucrative to refuse and they are tempted to relinquish their independence.

Though bound by a promise to her mother to never leave the Ridge, Sophie departs for New York, only to find that she can't stay away from her home. Throughout the novel, the irrepressible love she bears for her ill-matched soul mate, Arthur Henty, threatens to overturn both their lives.

Katharine Susannah Prichard wrote The Black Opal, her third novel, after spending some months at Lightning Ridge. It is a moving story, infused with the magic of that most mysterious and striking of all gems - a symbol of Australia - the opal. It involves thoroughly memorable characters whose humour, courage and passion shine in an awesome landscape.

Whether she is writing of the place, its people or the fight for an ideal, she writes with great love for her subject, which makes The Black Opal one of Katharine Susannah Prichard's most powerful books.

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