Kathryn's first novel, about growing up with horses. And secrets.

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Product Description

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 watches Dad, when he's not being a policeman, breaking horses in the back paddock behind the house. Sarah Sweet has learnt to observe, to be quiet, to avoid notice, filled with a rage so intense it threatens to overwhelm her. THE BREAKING is the story of a family tainted by its force, of a young life haunted by it, but also of the strength it gives to fight back. In its evocation of the parched landscape of rural Australia, the strange cadences of the language and the filmic vividness of its characters, THE BREAKING is a unique, lyrical testament to the power of the human spirit.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #264803 in Books
• Published on: 1998-04-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 199 pages

About the Author
Kathryn Heyman was born in Australia in 1965. She currently lives in Oxford but is planning to return to Australia to live in 2001.