TY  - BOOK
AU  - Alexander,Nicole L.
TI  - The cedar tree
SN  - 9780143786856
PY  - 2020///
CY  - North Sydney, NSW
PB  - Bantam, part of Penguin Random House Australia
KW  - Man-woman relationships
KW  - New South Wales
KW  -  History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Secrecy
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - Australian fiction
KW  - 21st century
N2  - In 1864 cousins Brandon and Sean O'Riain fled their tenant farms in County Tipperary as wanted criminals. Now, three years on, they are working as cedar-cutters in New South Wales's lush-green Richmond Valley. But while Brandon embraces the opportunities this new country offers, Sean refuses to let go of the past. And one of them is about to make a dangerous choice ... Nearly a century later, in the spring of 1949, Stella O'Riain is also fleeing her home - a sheep property on the barren edge of the Strzelecki Desert. She leaves behind her husband Joe and a baby daughter. With no money and limited options, Stella accepts her brother-in-law Harry's offer to live at the O'Riain family cane farm in the Richmond Valley. However Harry's refusal to discuss Joe - or the row that tore the brothers apart - leaves Stella with more questions than answers. In particular, why does she feel someone is watching her from a distance? And what is the real reason she is banned from speaking to the owner of the farm next door?
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