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to kill in storm (the stolen years book 4) by Ryn Shell

9/3/2016

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​To Kill in Storm, by Ryn Shell is a continuation of the wonderful story of "the stolen generation" of Australian Aborigines. This is the third of the series that I have read and frankly, they never cease to satisfy. Shell has beautifully woven a story around the Fife Cattle Farm in South Western Queensland, which allows her to explore and expose the life in the Australian outback in the early 1950's. The entire series covers a much wider time-frame, but To Kill in Storm is very much focused on 1950's Australis, with its massive post-war immigration boom from war-ravaged Europe. 

At the centre of this story, as with others in this series is the loving and beautiful relationship that has developed between a now teenaged aboriginal boy, Jarrah, and his distant cousin the now eleven-year-old Emily. With Emily's father on the run from the Sydney Mob and the police, Emily, her mother and her brother return to her Uncle Iain's Fife station for safety. It doesn't rain much in the outback, but when it does it is a deluge and the residents of Fife, including the many new European residents are about to discover what is meant by a "flash flood". 

This series has totally captivated me, as has the writing of Shell. It is a heartwarming and at times harrowing adventure for this family as they address the issues of Aboriginal Land Rights and the assimilation of new migrants into modern Australian society. I am hooked on this series and will be seeing it right to the end. Number three was every bit as good as numbers one and two and I would expect nothing less from number four. Another fine, five-star offering from Shell.

Check out all of Shell's work here: http://amzn.to/1J8dAex  

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