The Gone-Away Man

Lucy Walker

earliest edition we have, 1968 F. A. Thorpe, 1980 hardcover 350 pages

Lisa Tonkin is on her way to find her grandfather—her only living relative, master of a cattle station in the remote Australian outback. In lonely Finch's Creek as she waits for her grandfather's car to arrive, she passes the time reading to a patient in a tiny bush hospital. The patient's name is Jim Ransom and try as she might, Lisa cannot forget him. Even when she discovers that he and her grandfather are sworn en...

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The Gone-Away Man hardcover · 1980 · F. A. Thorpe · 350 pages · 9780708903971
The Gone Away Man edition · 1976 · Fontana · 9780006142102
Gone-Away Man edition · 1974 · Random House Publishing Group · 9780345266828
The Gone-Away Man edition · 1972 · Collins
The Gone-Away Man edition · 1970 · HarperCollins Publishers Limited · 9780006125129
The Gone-Away Man hardcover · 1968 · Collins · 224 pages

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