Cross Creek Return

Author(s): Irene Swadling

New Zealand Fiction

A tragic accident in 1880 on the Rimutaka Incline leaves young George traumatised. His premonition of danger before the event is parallelled by events experienced by his grandfather, an emigrant to Nelson in 1842. the growth of the Colony of Nelson and the 77 years of the Rimutaka Incline Railway, with its Fell engines, set the background of this novel.


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'Irene is a clear and succinct writer. The characters are individual and often distinctive: the main characters, the drivers of the story in a sense, capture a reader's sympathy. The world of premonitions explored throughout is convincing.' - Norman Bilrough

Irene Swadling, author of New Legends of Aotearoa, New Zealand Birds, has a long held interst in writing. She has written and produced children's plays and operettas during her teaching career, dabbled in poetry and been published by Learning Media. This is her first novel.

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