Absence of Manners

<p>In the kaleidoscopic  society of early white settlement in Australia the sensuously beautiful daughter of the clerk of the local court a free settler Emily Walters becomes intimately involved with an escaping convict. Now on her eighteenth birthday Emily believes she is a ruined woman. Guilt and shame lead her to embark on a life of service and caring for others.</p><p>Meanwhile the wrongfully convicted escapee is compelled to clear his name for himself for his family and for Emily. Can life be reborn and love renewed?</p><p>This debut novel by Jeannie Morgan vividly captures the hardships and triumphs of the Australian bush.</p>