Rural Romances
Freddie. By Mary Scott. Blackwood and Janet Paul. 178 pp. The Golden Country. By Joyce West. Blackwood and Janet Paul. ■ pp. These two romantic novels
of New Zealand country life have much in common. Those who enjoy one will certainly enjoy the other.
The ebullient Freddie, who has already appeared ia. two of Mary Scott’s earlier novels, is now a fully qualified nurse. She had refused to marry her long-suffering fiance, Dr. Jonathan Blake until she had earned her medal. Now she is free to plain her wedding. At this point her father has a heart attack and she dashes off to his farm to nurse him. With farm manager she hurls herself into the activities of the district. After a variety of escapades and some dirty work at the dog trials Freddie is married at last.
Joyce West continues the adventures of Gay Allan in her sequel to “Drovers Road” and “Cape Lost.” Gay is now in possession of the property left her by great-unde Garnst, the old homestead in the coastal hills of Cape Lost She tackles energetically the day-to-day problems of running a sheep farm, handicapped by the lack of capital and labour. After a variety of hazards and set-backs, Gay agrees to partnership which secures the success of the farm and her personal happiness
It would seem from these pleasant and readable stories that encounters with escaped prisoners are a standard hazard of New Zealand life.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 30983, 12 February 1966, Page 4
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242Rural Romances Press, Volume CV, Issue 30983, 12 February 1966, Page 4
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