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Black Diamonds
- Narrated by: Amanda Harrison, Cameron Moore
- Length: 14 hrs and 5 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction
Non-member price: $42.54
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Publisher's Summary
Told with freshness, verve and wit, Black Diamonds is the tale of a fierce young nation, Australia, and two fierce hearts who dare to discover what courage really means.
It is 1914, and Lithgow is booming. Daniel is a young German-Australian, a coal miner and a socialist; Francine is the bourgeois, Irish-Catholic, too-good-for-this-place daughter of one of the mine's owners. When their paths collide, they fall in love despite themselves - raising eyebrows all around town.
But before the signatures on their marriage certificate are dry, war erupts, confronting them with a new and much more terrifying obstacle. Against his principles but driven by a sense of solidarity, Daniel enlists; Francine, horrified, has no choice but to support him. As they hurtle towards a daunting world of war, separation and grief, they learn things about themselves and one another that they would never have expected in more certain times - about heroism, sacrifice, the thin line between courage and stupidity and, most of all, the magical power of love.
Told with freshness, verve and humour, Black Diamonds is a celebration of two people determined to be together, whatever life throws at them.
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