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I'm thrilled to announce that Book 3 of A South Australian Saga is now available as a paperback and as a Kindle e-book. You'll meet again all the characters from Book 2 as they continue to grapple with exigencies of the Great War, their friendships growing closer in the face of intensifying hostility from several quarters of the community. And, of course, each still has personal issues to deal wit Read more of this blog post »

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