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I'll be honest, my knowledge of Australia is woefully limited to TV shows like Wentworth and Melissa Lucashenko is the one of the handful of Australian authors I've ever read. That is to say, reading this book with its colorful use of Australian slang was almost like reading a foreign language at times. However, the lovable and rambunctious Salter clan are almost universally lovable.

Spurred by the news of her dad's ailing health, Kerry Salter returns to her long abandoned hometown. However, she quickly gets tangled in the arms of a new beau, a dugai for once, as well as her family's fight to protect their land. As the family grows closer together, ghosts from their past and present make themselves known and hidden pasts require sudden confrontation.

Stylistically, the novel alternates between a slice of life piece, heavily filtered through Kerry's sassy lens, and descriptions of life in rural Australia. An enchanting and engrossing blend, this drama is worth a cuppa tea and an evening read.