Cross My Heart

by Maureen McCarthy · 1993

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Hundreds of kilometres without a car, a house or a person in sight. The dome with clear blue above and the occasional group of Roos startling off into the scrub. Then emus, bolting off in a mad panic on the other side. I was finding something that had been lost inside me and I wanted to weave in and out on that straight white ribbon of road for the joy of having found it again.

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Cross My Heart is the story of Mick and Michelle, chasing a dream, crossing their hearts for the future. A vibrant, passionate, sprawling novel set in outback Australia.

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1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisAustraliaAustraliaMore like thisLess of this
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young adult

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