The Road from Coorain

In the 1930s Jill Ker?s parents bought a sheep farm on the western plains of New South Wales. In 1944 they lost nearly everything when a drought hit. Forced to leave Coorain 11-year-old Jill and her mother settled in Sydney where Jill struggled to find a place for herself among Sydney?s elite. Her story both a chronicle of life in the Australian outback and the odyssey of a brilliant woman fighting the constraints of her time offers a loving view of Australia. Includes a taped afterword by the author.