Hidden away in the dusty outback is Boolaroo, home to a chemical factory which spews out sulphurous fumes. Policeman Mal Sweet is one of the finest horse-breakers in the country, who treats his wife and daughters in the same way that he does his horses - with a mixture of affection and anger.
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Hidden away in the dusty outback is Boolaroo, home to a chemical factory which spews out sulphurous fumes. Policeman Mal Sweet is one of the finest horse-breakers in the country, who treats his wife and daughters in the same way that he does his horses - with a mixture of affection and anger.
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Add this copy of The Breaking to cart. $67.70, like new condition, Sold by Burwood Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wickham Market, SUFFOLK, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1997 by Phoenix House.
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First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 199. Original publisher's red cloth, spine lettered silver. Eleven year old Sarah is a watcher. She sees the way the smoke rises from the sulphide works to wreath the little Australian town of Boolaroo; she compares the colour of her school uniform, a dull blue-check, with the bright yellow of the hotpants her sister wears to Special School. ISBN: 1861590547 Fine in fine dust jacket.
