Verlag: Corgi Book, 1974
ISBN 10: 0552095710 ISBN 13: 9780552095716
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.
Verlag: Corgi Book, 1974
ISBN 10: 0552095710 ISBN 13: 9780552095716
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Corgi Book, 1974
ISBN 10: 0552095710 ISBN 13: 9780552095716
Anbieter: Book Express (NZ), Wellington, Neuseeland
Paperback. Zustand: Good. 192 pages. Cover worn.You must be your own analyst. Write you r story form A to Z - before and after the boomerang miracle. Jo, the young wife of Kobie van der Walt, a South African sheep farm er, takes this advice to heart and, as she lies in hospital, tell s her story.After the birth of her first child, Jo discovers she is going deaf. On a visit to Sun Downs, a well-know merino stud i n Australia where her disability puts her at a serious social dis advantage, Jo meets Rob Stirling, a doctor, who is strongly attra cted to her but distressed when he learns she is to have another child. Her type of deafness, he suspects, may be increased by fur ther pregnancies. Later, when he takes up an appointment at a hos pital in Cape Town, Rob renews his friendship with Jo and Kobie v an der Walt, and meets Kobie's actress sister, Rita. Although Rit a is a career girl, she instantly decides that Rob is for her.Kob ie has to attend an agricultural conference in America; Jo, fearf ul at meeting new people, refuses to accompany him. During Kobie' s absence there is a medical conference in Cape Town at which a w orld-famous Australian surgeon is to demonstrate a new operation which Rob in convinced will cure Jo. He arranges for her to be th e demonstration case, but Kobie is against it. Jo disregards her husband's opposition and the operation is performed.It was the al l-time high success story, says Jo, the miracle that got off to a flying start until it came back like a boomerang when Kobie retu rns from America, the stage is set for an explosive situation whi ch involves the three most closely concerned in a highly dramatic climax.Boomeran is one of Lady Packer's most moving stores. It i s based on carefully researched medical detail, and the human con flicts are set against the backgrounds in South Africa and Austra lia which she knows extremely well.