Author: Mary Lawson

This is the fourth Lawson book I’ve read and this one was my favourite. Maybe it is because some of the characters were familiar names from other books, or maybe because it was the longest. The author’s stories aren’t complicated and her characters are people you might easily know or meet.

Arthur and Jake are brothers but they couldn’t be any different in personalities. Arthur, although he is forced to stay in school, would much rather be working the farm with his father. Jake will do almost anything to avoid work of any kind. When they are young men Jake suffers a terrible accident that Arthur blames himself for.

As with her other books there are three main characters; the third in this case is Ian who, many years later, has come to work with Arthur on the farm. When Jake reappears it sets in motion another series of events that lead to disastrous consequences.

Goodreads Rating: * * * *