Nickel Wife
1970
First Published
2.73
Average Rating
192
Number of Pages
"Wanted", the 'Australian Miner' had advertised, "a female who can take it." After adding that what would have to be taken was roughness, toughness, remote locality, no entertainment, it had given a number to ring. Alexandra got the job, and she was sure she could handle it and—Stone (because he's hard) Wetherill into the bargain!
Avg Rating
2.73
Number of Ratings
15
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Author
Joyce Dingwell
Author · 32 books
Enid Joyce Owen Dingwell, née Starr, was born on 1908 in Ryde, New South Wales, Australia. She wrote, as Joyce Dingwell and Kate Starr, 80 romance novels for Mills & Boon from 1931 to 1986. She was the first Australian writer living in Australia to be published by Mills & Boon. Her novel The House in the Timberwood (1959), was made into a motion picture, The Winds of Jarrah (1983). Her work was particularly notable for its use of the Australian land, culture, and people. She passed away on 2 August 1997 in Kincumber, New South Wales.
