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The Last of the Apple Blossom is written by Australian author, Mary-Lou Stephens and I have to say, is a very impressive debut novel. It begins with harrowing scenes from the 7th of February 1967, the day that became known in Tasmania as Black Tuesday .
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A sweeping, big-hearted Australian family saga for readers of Judy Nunn and Victoria Purman. 7 February, 1967. Walls of flame reduce much of Tasmania to ash. Young schoolteacher Catherine Turner rushes to the Huon Valley to find her family’s apple orchard destroyed, her childhood home in ruins and her brother dead.
Aug 2, 2021 · The Last of the Apple Blossom is an engrossing novel by Mary-Lou Stephens. Despite being fiction, the real-life events which form the backdrop to the story will surely resonate with everyone who remembers life in Australia, and in particular living in Tasmania in the 1960s and onwards.
Aug 30, 2021 · We meet school teacher Catherine Turner. She is teaching her students in Hobart, Tasmania on Tuesday, February 7th, 1967. This day was one of the darkest days in Tasmania’s history and was named ‘Black Tuesday’. Devastating bushfires raged in the ‘Apple Isle’, threatening everything in their path.
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Aug 10, 2021 · The Last of the Apple Blossom is a sweeping, big-hearted Australian family saga for readers of Judy Nunn and Victoria Purman. This novel begins intensely, with harrowing scenes from 7th February 1967, the day that became known as Black Tuesday.
Young schoolteacher Catherine Turner rushes to the Huon Valley to find her family's apple orchard destroyed, her childhood home in ruins and her brother dead. Despite her father's declaration that a woman will never run the orchard, Catherine resolves to rebuild the family business.
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A sweeping, big-hearted Australian family saga for readers of Judy Nunn and Victoria Purman. 7 February, 1967. Walls of flame reduce much of Tasmania to ash. Young schoolteacher Catherine Turner rushes to the Huon Valley to find her family’s apple orchard destroyed, her childhood home in ruins and her brother dead.
