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  • By: Sophie Green
  • Narrated by: Fiona Macleod
  • Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (110 ratings)

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The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club

By: Sophie Green
Narrated by: Fiona Macleod
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Books bring them together - but friendship will transform all of their lives. Five very different women come together in the Northern Territory of the 1970s, by an exceptional new Australian author.

In 1978 the Northern Territory has begun to self-govern. Cyclone Tracy is a recent memory and telephones not yet a fixture on the cattle stations dominating the rugged outback. Life is hard, and people are isolated. But they find ways to connect.

Sybil is the matriarch of Fairvale Station, run by her husband, Joe. Their eldest son, Lachlan, was Joe's designated successor, but he has left the Territory - for good. It is up to their second son, Ben, to take his brother's place. But that doesn't stop Sybil grieving the absence of her child. With her oldest friend, Rita, now living in Alice Springs and working for the Royal Flying Doctor Service, and Ben's English wife, Kate, finding it difficult to adjust to life at Fairvale, Sybil comes up with a way to give them all companionship and purpose: they all love to read, and she forms a book club.

Mother-of-three Sallyanne is invited to join them. Sallyanne dreams of a life far removed from the dusty town of Katherine, where she lives with her difficult husband, Mick. Completing the group is Della, who left Texas for Australia looking for adventure and work on the land.

If you loved The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul and The Thorn Birds, you will devour this story of five different women united by one need: to overcome the vast distances of Australia's Top End with friendship, tears, laughter, books and love.

©2017 Sophie Green (P)2017 Hachette Australia Audio

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Loved it ! Aussie life on a huge prop out west love loss risk danger death n real friendship !

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If you love an Outback story......

This was a great book, descriptive, lots of characters and the great expanse the Northern Territory. Easy to listen to. I laughed and cried. I found the characters could have been people I’ve met over the years. Great story- loved it.

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Fairview ladies book club

Loved the story and the people in the Australian outback . Enjoyed how it ended as well .

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She’s done it again!

Sophie Green books are an unfailingly good read. The characters, the back drop, the interweaving, they make for a beautiful story time and time again.

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Enjoyable

Story was very enjoyable. Narration was good, although accents/male voices were a bit weird.

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A struggle

i had thoroughly enjoyed another of Sophie Greens books but this one was a struggle. Characters weren't real, weak story line and narrator who kept putting me to sleep

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Make it into a movie!

This is the 3rd Sophie Green book I've read and I think, my favourite. Great storyline with strong relatable characters. As I read, the characters felt so familiar, I'll miss them! This book would be brilliant on the big screen.

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I’m a fan

I have fallen for Sophie Greens books recently and this one didn’t disappoint. Another terrific story of female bonds and friendships.

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Wonderful book

Loved this book.
Great story that kept me so interested. Enjoyed the characters and the connections to each other. Narrator was great

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it seems there's not much not to love about the Top End. Tracing the friendship, lives and woes of five women with seemingly not much in common, this character driven tale set in the burgeoning times of those finding their way to balance familiar expectations whilst being true to themselves.

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