The Hands: An Australian Pastoral by Stephen Orr

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Ex library copy with external stickers removed. Date due slip on inside. Marks on book foredges.

He didn't look like he could jump a bull, but she knew he could. It was all in the hands, he'd often explain. The will. The bloody-mindedness.

On a cattle station that stretches beyond the horizon, seven people are trapped by their history and the need to make a living. Trevor Wilkie, the good father, holds it all together, promising his sons a future he no longer believes in himself. The boys, free to roam the world's biggest backyard, have nowhere to go. Trevor's father, Murray, is the keeper of stories and the holder of the deed. Murray has no intention of giving up what his forefathers created. But the drought is winning. The cattle are ribs. The bills keep coming. And one day, on the way to town, an accident changes everything. (publisher blurb)