Alice is a protagonist that I can sympathise with and root for. It was nice to be reunited with most the characters of this book. After closing the final page of this book, I had a sneaky suspicion that McCallum wasn’t quite done with the characters of her novel. I was lucky to be gifted with the opportunity to read her previous book in this series, A Life of Her Own last year. I look forward to each new release that McCallum brings and this one was no exception. Can these two lost and broken souls help one another?įiona McCallum has been a permanent fixture on my reading schedule for some years now.
Unable to cope with his escalating feelings over the disconnection he feels to his life on the land, Rick heads on a journey back to Alice. When Rick experiences a significant loss in his life, along with a family crisis, it sends him in a spin. The two have reconnected and time has seen their fractured relationship heal. But Alice‘s ex-husband Rick, a farmer from the small town of Hope Springs is struggling.
A LONG WAY HOME ROTTEN TOMATOES FULL
Alice is also travelling full steam ahead with her education plans and her career aspirations in law are panning out well. The Long Road Home sees lead character Alice Hamilton in a much better position than she was when we followed her journey in A Life of Her Own. The Long Road Home is a continuation of last year’s release, A Life of Her Own, it will be sure to strike a chord with fans of this book and it will also draw in new readers to McCallum’s work. Over the space of a decade, McCallum has successfully released a well received collection of rural and domestic fiction novels, which displays her intuitive approach as an author of contemporary fiction. The Long Road Home marks Australian author Fiona McCalllum’s twelfth published novel. ‘This was really the first time in her adult life Alice was truly living a life for her and really felt at a deep, soul level.’ Has his whole life been a lie – and if so, where did that lie begin?įrom Australia’s master storyteller comes an inspiring story about how when your life falls apart sometimes help can be found where you least expect it. And now he’s suddenly being forced to come to terms with just why his heart isn’t in it and what’s behind his fractured relationships.
Rick has always felt a bit lost – as a farmer, he could never admit he didn’t feel the deep connection to the land that the only son and third generation farmer should. And it’s fortunate they have, because Rick is about to need Alice’s friendship like he’s never needed it before. After a chance meeting a few months earlier, Rick and Alice have reconnected. She’s learnt the hard way that knowledge is power, and is looking forward to her legal studies, then making a difference as a lawyer with heart.īut while Alice’s life is looking up, back in Hope Springs the world of her former husband Rick Peterson is unravelling. You can’t find where you truly belong until you discover who you really are…Īlice Hamilton is enjoying her new life in Ballarat with the freedom to explore her future now she’s stepped away from the constraints of her upbringing.
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