Cirrus@Austlit

Judy Andell lives in the little country town of Dingalong, where she has been brought up on her uncle's farm. She is in love with...

Tim Drew, struggling young proprietor of a garage, who is waiting until he is financially sound enough to propose to her. When she has a mild flirtation with...

Freddy Bellamy, an irresponsible journalist, Tim decides to wait no longer. But , before he can clinch matters, Judy has inherited thirty thousand pounds, a sum of money which Tim considers must separate them forever. Judy leaves Dingalong for the city to visit her aunt...

Sarah Lennox, whose daughters, Pam and Miriam, introduce her into Society. Caught in a whirl of social gaiety, Judy becomes acquainted with...

Neville McArthur, man of many adventures and few assets. McArthur discovers that, despite their apparent wealth, the Lennoxs are on the verge of bankruptcy, and promises to pay Mrs. Lennox's private debts if she helps him to marry Judy.

On a hurried business trip to the city, Tim Drew drives up to the Lennox home in a truck, and asks to see Judy, much to the amusement of her cousins.'

'Penny came from the sea ... A homeless, motherless, enchanting little waif, carried by the waves of the Gulf into the life of Barbara Campbell ... Her story is told in Tide of Chance by Elizabeth Powell (Author of Sunset Hill and The Beehive)

'It is a vivid and most appealing piece of work, rich in humour and pathos, and of the strongest human interest.

'Nestling among the dunes along the Gulf of St Vincent, in South Australia is 'The Beehive,' home of Major Campbell, scientist, explorer, and author, and his family. Alone among them all Barbara - Barby for short - is dissatisfied. Bored by the freedom of sun, sea and air, she longs for what she calls a 'career,' and determines to seek employment in Sydney. Fate, however, takes a hand when her twelve-year-old brother, Bubbles, finds the half-drowned body of a little girl on the beach one night. The mother's body is washed up next day, and Barby realises that her career lies in the taking care of this homeless waif, who answers to the name of Penny.'

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