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Is part of Woody Creek Joy Dettman , 2009 series - author novel (number 5 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 Ripples on a Pond
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'Woody Creek is gearing up for its centenary celebrations - but for many of its townspeople, it's just another reminder of the old days, when life was more simple, before so-called progress, technology and a growing population roared through the town, altering everything in its wake.

Not for Georgie though. Long encumbered by responsibility for her half-sister Margot, she's looking towards the future and more changes. Not having managed to move on from running Charlie's grocery store yet, as the clock ticks over to 1970, she's determined that the time has come.

She's not the only one of Jenny's children who's grown up and is moving on. As a six year old, little Jimmy Morrison was stolen from Woody Creek by his grandfather, and is now further away than ever from his estranged birth mother and sisters. Having inherited an estate in the United Kingdom, he's determined to make a new life for himself. If only he could shake off his one terrible attachment to Australia... F

or Cara, Woody Creek has been the source of the most devastating news of her life, and a terrible mistake that cannot be undone. She's vowed never to step foot into the place again. But the old timber town has a way of getting under people's skins. And as it draws the much loved cast of Woody Creek characters back into its grip, confessions, discoveries and truths seem set to explode in the most dramatic of showdowns...' (Publisher's blurb)

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  • Also sound recording.
  • Large print.

Works about this Work

Drugs Booze Abuse They're Living in the 70s Daphne Guinness , 2013 single work
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 16 June 2013; (p. 13) The Sunday Age , 16 June 2013; (p. 13)

— Review of Ripples on a Pond Joy Dettman , 2013 single work novel
Drugs Booze Abuse They're Living in the 70s Daphne Guinness , 2013 single work
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 16 June 2013; (p. 13) The Sunday Age , 16 June 2013; (p. 13)

— Review of Ripples on a Pond Joy Dettman , 2013 single work novel
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