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Two Rivers

by Glenda Kirkby

A woman’s fight for land and freedom in colonial Western Australia

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A woman’s fight for land and freedom in colonial Western Australia

In the York district of Western Australia in 1867, Amelia McDonald’s hopes for a life on the land collide with the limits placed on married women. Her husband, Bartholomew Roberts, is described as pursuing her inheritance and an heir, while his growing cruelty puts her farm and safety at risk. James Pollock, a transported convict shunned as a murderer, becomes an unexpected ally. The novel brings together colonial frontier life, unequal marriage, and Amelia’s connection with horses in a story about a woman seeking to hold on to her independence.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in historical fiction set in colonial Australia.
  • Readers drawn to stories about women confronting restrictive social conditions.
  • Readers interested in frontier settings, horses, and unlikely alliances.

Themes

Women’s independenceMarriage and powerColonial Western AustraliaLand and inheritanceHorses and human connection

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Book overview

She can tame wild horses. But can she survive the man she married?

Western Australia, 1867.

Amelia McDonald has spent her life defying convention. Gifted with an uncanny bond with horses and born to the harsh beauty of the York district, she dreams of building a future on the land she loves.

But when she marries the ambitious Englishman Bartholomew Roberts, Amelia discovers that her husband values only two things, her inheritance and the heir she might provide. Trapped in a world where a wife has few rights and fewer protections, she finds herself fighting for her farm, her freedom, and her very survival.

As Bartholomew's cruelty deepens, an unexpected ally enters her life, James Pollock, a transported convict haunted by a terrible past. Branded a murderer and shunned by society, he may be the only man willing to stand beside her when everything she holds dear is threatened.

Set against the rugged frontier of colonial Western Australia, Two Rivers is a sweeping historical novel of courage, resilience, forbidden friendship, and a woman's determination to claim her own destiny.

In a land that belongs to men, one woman will fight for what is hers.

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