{"product_id":"back-to-billabong-by-mary-grant-bruce-an-australian-classic-vintage-copy","title":"BACK TO BILLABONG By Mary Grant Bruce An Australian Classic.. .Vintage Copy","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Verdana\" size=\"4\"\u003eVintage Copy Of Back To Billabong By Mary Grant Bruce. An Australian Classic.... \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Verdana\" size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eSee pics for visual description\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Verdana\" size=\"4\"\u003eSolid condition \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Verdana\" size=\"4\"\u003eFoxing on end papers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Verdana\" size=\"4\"\u003eBack to Billabong\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Verdana\" size=\"4\"\u003eby Mary Grant Bruce\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Verdana\" size=\"4\"\u003eISBN: 0207175152\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Verdana\" size=\"4\"\u003eCOVER: Hardcover no Dust Jacket 19.5cm x 13cm\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Verdana\" size=\"4\"\u003ePAGES: 252\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Verdana\" size=\"4\"\u003eCONDITION: Good: light shelf wear, light page tanning, no dust jacket, Red board with black embossing.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Verdana\" size=\"4\"\u003ec1921, Ward Lock England edition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Verdana\" size=\"4\"\u003eThe Billabong Books by Mary Grant Bruce have become Australian classics. Set in the Australian bush, the stories recount the adventures of Norah, her brother Jim and friends, their life on the station at Billabong and their travels abroad.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Verdana\" size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Verdana\" size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: center; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: rgb(68, 68, 68);\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Verdana\" size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;\"\u003eBack to Billabong\u003c\/em\u003e sees the Lintons and Wally Meadows return to Australia after World War I ends.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: center; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: rgb(68, 68, 68);\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Verdana\" size=\"4\"\u003eTrapped in London for two years as governess and servant under her nasty step-mother, petite and gentle 19-year-old Cecilia (‘Tommy’) Rainham longs for the day the War will finish and her brother, Bob, will be home from the Royal Air Force to rescue her.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: center; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: rgb(68, 68, 68);\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Verdana\" size=\"4\"\u003eFortune smiles on them and a much-loved aunt’s inheritance allows them to set sail for Australia, narrowly escaping the clutches of the step-mother.   Coincidentally, on the same troopship, the Linton family are making their return after five years away.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: center; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: rgb(68, 68, 68);\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Verdana\" size=\"4\"\u003eStrong bonds of friendship form, and ‘Billabong’ becomes a haven for the Rainhams while they learn the ropes of station management and plan their future home.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: center; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: rgb(68, 68, 68);\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Verdana\" size=\"4\"\u003eAll seems rosy, until the skies blacken and a sudden bushfire all but destroys their new life.  Undaunted, they pick up the pieces, and with ‘Billabong’ behind them and help from willing hands, begin all over again.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"ozpickerswardrobe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46420681490649,"sku":"MBox43-9","price":45.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/4429\/5897\/files\/204898388380-0.jpg?v=1740391501","url":"https:\/\/ozpickerswarehouse.com\/products\/back-to-billabong-by-mary-grant-bruce-an-australian-classic-vintage-copy","provider":"Oz Pickers Warehouse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}