Jarulan by the River

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Matthew Fenchurch patriarch and landowner of the northern NSW property Jarulan lives in a grand decaying folly invaded by ghosts and the local fauna. His wife is dead one son has fallen on a battlefield in France and another lives in exile as a remittance man on a marae in New Zealand. His only company are the farmhands an old family servant and a part-time laundry maid with dreams above her station.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>When Matthew builds a memorial above the river for his brave lost son - and all the boys of the district who have died fighting for King and Country - his daughters and grandchildren return for the unveiling. They bring with them someone who will change life at Jarulan forever who will fight the ghosts of the past and the claimants of the present and ensure a dynasty though not as anyone expected.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Epic sensuous brimming with wildlife love beauty babies ill deeds revenge and unions - illicit and condoned - </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Jarulan by the River</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> is a glorious story of passion and homecoming. A novel with the magic of Colleen McCullough Bryce Courtenay and </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Cloudstreet</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>.</span></p><p></p>