Girl and the Ghost-Grey Mare by Rachael Treasure

Girl and the Ghost-Grey Mare

Author: Rachael Treasure

A dairy farmer's daughter searches for love in a city pub; a grieving widow heals her heart and her community; a cheated wife finds the ultimate revenge.

From Australia's favourite rural storyteller comes this highly anticipated collection of short fiction. It features stories full of warmth and heart and humour, and with characters as diverse and colourful as the Australian countryside itself.

Laugh and smile your way through this book, which includes the favourites 'The Girl and the Ghost-Grey Mare' and 'The Evolution of Sadie Smith', as well as some new stories never before published in book form. So sit back and enjoy the special 'Treasure' take on the world.

'Treasure writes with true grit, wit and warmth.' Australian Women's Weekly

'At her best, and within the framework of the modern romance tale, Treasure is a storyteller in the tradition of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: down-to-earth, bawdy, satirical, and entertaining.' Australian Book Review

The Stockmen

By Rachael Treasure

Rosie Highgrove-Jones grows up hating her double-barrelled name. She dreams of riding out over the wide plains of the family property, working on the land. Instead she's stuck writing the social pages of the local paper.

Then a terrible tragedy sparks a series of shocking revelations for Rosie and her family. As she tries to put her life back together, Rosie throws herself into researching the haunting...

Published: 29/08/2005

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780143001836

RRP: $24.95

The Girl and the Ghost-Grey Mare

By Rachael Treasure

From Australia's favourite rural storyteller, Rachael Treasure, comes this highly anticipated collection of short fiction. It features stories full of warmth and heart and humour, and with characters as diverse and colourful as the Australian countryside itself.

Published: 03/10/2011

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9781921518560

RRP: $29.95

The Cattleman's Daughter

By Rachael Treasure

Born on the rugged Dargo High Plains and raised by her cattleman father, Emily Flanaghan has lost her way in life.

Locked in an unhappy marriage in the suburbs, Emily misses the high country with a fierce ache. To make matters worse, her heritage is under threat. A government bill to evict the mountain cattlemen is about to be passed, and the Flanaghans could be banned...

Born on the rugged Dargo High Plains and raised by her cattleman father, Emily Flanaghan has lost her way in life.

Locked in an unhappy marriage in the suburbs, Emily misses the high country with...

Published: 30/08/2010

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780143203186

RRP: $24.95

Girl & the Ghost-Grey Mare

By Rachael Treasure

Published: 28/09/2011

Format: Digital

ISBN: 9781742534107

Jillaroo

By Rachael Treasure

After a terrible argument with her father over their family property, 'Waters Meeting', Rebecca Saunders throws her swag in the ute and heads north with her three dogs. A job as a jillaroo takes her into the rowdy world of B&S balls, Bundy rum and boys. When she at last settles down to a bit of study at agricultural college, her life is turned upside down by the very handsome but very drunken party...

Published: 13/05/2005

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780143004080

RRP: $24.95

The Rouseabout

By Rachael Treasure

Kate Webster is a loveable larrikin who likes to play hard now and worry about the consequences later. She can't help mucking up the opportunities life gives her. Rocked by the death of her mother, she takes on a dare at one of Australia's wildest rural social events - a Bachelors & Spinsters ball - to 'scalp' gorgeous farm boy Nick McDonnell. It's a dare that changes everything. For just as Kate...

Published: 03/03/2008

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780143007890

RRP: $24.95