This Christmas story gets 4 stars from me - it might have been 5 stars had I read it as a paperback. But I listened to it as an Audiobook and it did not really click between me and the person who read it. It is a true Christmas story - all about learning to forgive and appreciate your fellowman. Har

I’m coming to realize that I’m a bigger fan of Trollope’s big novels than these shorter ones but this was an interesting read if simply for the fact that it is set in Australia and not Europe like his other novels. Of course most of the characters are immigrants from the old country and men like Har

I quite enjoyed this – a fun, little Christmassy read, though it felt very different to other Trollope books.

Trollope's son emigrated to Australia and this is what came from visiting his son. It takes place on a sheep run in Queensland. I remember the fires from The Thornbirds, which helped me picture the land, and the great anxiety felt by our hero, Harry Heathcote.

But this might be Trollope's shortest no

Serendipity! That is what happens to me when I find a treasure like this little book. It is only 109 pages long but it is a powerful story. I found the audio book version on Overdrive and fell in love with the voice, not only of the narrator but the voice of the story! Peter Joyce was the narrator,