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Simon & Schuster
September 2012
On Sale: September 4, 2012
304 pages
ISBN: 1451678177
EAN: 9781451678178
Kindle: B0061Q5PO8
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Women's Fiction Contemporary
Set in the Australian outback, a wryly funny, beautifully
observed novel about friendship, motherhood, love, and the
importance of fighting for things that matter.
Loretta Boskovic never dreamed she would end up a single
mother with two kids in a dusty Australian country town. She
never imagined she’d have to campaign to save the local
primary school. She certainly had no idea her best friend
would turn out to be the crusty old junk man. All in all,
she’s starting to wonder if she took a wrong turn somewhere.
If only she could drop the kids at the orphanage and start
over... But now, thanks to her protest letters, the Education
Minister is coming to Gunapan, and she has to convince him
to change his mind about the school closure. And as if
facing down the government isn’t enough, it soon becomes
clear that the school isn’t the only local spot in trouble.
In the drought stricken bushland on the outskirts of town, a
luxury resort development is about to siphon off a newly
discovered springwater supply. No one seems to know
anything, no one seems to care. With a dream lover on a Harley unlikely to appear out of
nowhere to save the day, Loretta needs to stir the citizens
of Gunapan to action. She may be short of money, influence,
and a fully functioning car, but she has good friends.
Together they can organize chocolate drives, supermarket
sausage sizzles, a tour of the abattoir—whatever it takes to
hold on to the scrap of world that is home. A delightful novel for fans of Jennifer Weiner, Fannie
Flagg, and Maeve Binchy, The Fine Color of Rust is a
wonderful reminder that sometimes it really does take a
village—and a healthy dose of humor—to change the world.
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