{"product_id":"under-silkwood-greg-bourke-9781923105584","title":"Under Silkwood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeware the outsider who wants in. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeware the insider who wants out.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDarcy Grant, graduate teacher, arrives in steamy Far North Queensland in the 1980's to take up his first teaching job. Struggling with the frontier lifestyle, Darcy is drawn to a mother figure at the school, Frances Russo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough Frances, he is welcomed to Silkwood, a tiny cane-farming hamlet. The Sicilian immigrants are friendly, but wary of the southern outsider.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDarcy relies on rules and order, just like in his classroom, but he finds the power of attraction is greater. He takes a dangerous path within a community where honour is defended, while his actions trigger retaliation for unfinished family business.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Greg Bourke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1923105582\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781923105584\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hawkeye Publishing Pty Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/13\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67d","brand":"Greg Bourke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874494525695,"sku":"9781923105584","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/under-silkwood-greg-bourke-9781923105584","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}