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Sisters of the Southern Cross
- Author
- Jean Grainger
- Narrator
- Siobhan Waring
- Publish Date
- 31 August 2021
- Run Time
- 7 hours 56 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Queensland, Australia, 1936. Sister Claire McAuliffe has been called from Dungarvan, County Waterford, to do God’s work in Jumaaroo, Queensland.
Along with four other sisters, Sister Claire is charged with setting up a Catholic school for the education of the gold-rush families. But life between the tropical Australian rainforest and the azure ocean is far from the spectacular paradise it seems.
Sister Claire finds life challenging in more ways than she can count: the heat, the terrifying creatures that lurk in every nook and cranny, the crocodiles and snakes, but far more worrying is the constant presence of the much-loved mayor of Jumaaroo, Joseph McGrath.
Why does a person so respected give Claire such cause for concern? Is it the cruel way he speaks about the Aboriginal people who live on the mission? A closed community run by a peculiar religious leader who seems to deeply resent the arrival of the nuns?
As Claire learns of the manner in which the Bundagulgi are treated, she is forced to act. But nobody wants to upset the status quo, and a meddlesome nun suddenly is a dangerous one.
Critics Review
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“Narrator Siobhan Waring delivers Grainger’s story of Irish nuns who open a school in Australia in the 1930s…Waring graphically describes the landscape of red earth and creepy-crawlies, as well as the people associated with the school.”
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Details
- Author
- Jean Grainger
- Narrator
- Siobhan Waring
- Duration
- 7 hours 56 minutes
- Release Date
- 31 August 2021
- ISBN
- 9798200712311
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary, Religious and spiritual fiction, Historical fiction
Synopsis
Queensland, Australia, 1936Sister Claire McAuliffe has been called from Dungarvan, County Waterford, to do God’s work in Jumaaroo, Queensland. Along with four other sisters she is charged with setting up a Catholic school for the education of the gold rush families. But life between the tropical Australian rainforest and the azure ocean is far from the spectacular paradise it seems.Sister Claire finds life challenging in more ways than she can count, the heat, the terrifying creatures that lurk in every nook and cranny, the crocodiles and snakes, but far more worrying is the constant presence of the much-loved mayor of Jumaaroo, Joseph McGrath. Why does a person so respected give Claire such cause for concern?Is it the cruel way he speaks about the Aboriginal people who live on the mission? A closed community run by a peculiar religious leader who seems to deeply resent the arrival of the nuns? As Claire learns of the manner in which the Bundagulgi are treated, she is forced to act, but nobody wants to upset the status quo, and a meddlesome nun suddenly is a dangerous one.
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