Books with author Marlene Greenwood

In 1848 the famous explorer Ludwig Leichhardt sets out on an epic journey. His aim is to cross Australia from east to west, but he never reaches his destination and no one from his expedition is ever seen again. Countless search parties set out to look for the expedition but no trace is ever found. Until a young boy is given an artefact with an incredible story . . .

In March 1942, an aircraft prepares for a desperate midnight escape, taking refugees to safety in Australia. Just before take-off, the pilot is entrusted with a mysterious, wax-sealed package.But when the plane is shot down by the enemy and crash lands on the Kimberley coast, the package is forgotten. Until someone stumbles across the find of a lifetime . .

Introduction to Dusty Road.This short story is an actual series of events of my life in the hot and humid segregated south of southern Arkansas when I was ten to sixteen years old. This story takes place in the heavily wooded forest of tall pines supplying timber for the south. Those were the days of innocence and the planting of seeds that would grow and mature into a tree of change someday. “I love the smells along the railroad. There are the chunks of burnt coal, the wafting presence of tar and creosote in the ties, and the ever-changing fragrances of the weeds and grass that grow along the railroad tracks.”Introduction to Dusty Road.This short story is an actual series of events of my life in the hot and humid segregated south of southern Arkansas when I was eight to seventeen years old. This story takes place in the heavily wooded forest of tall pines supplying timber for the south. Those were the days of innocence and the planting of seeds that would grow and mature into a tree of change someday. “I love the smells along the railroad. There are the chunks of burnt coal, the wafting presence of tar and creosote in the ties, and the ever-changing fragrances of the weeds and grass that grow along the railroad tracks.”What follows is the smell, taste and bitter memories of what it was like to live as poor white barefooted boys in the segregated south in the years of 1945 to 1964.

In 1848 the famous explorer Ludwig Leichhardt sets out on an epic journey. His aim is to cross Australia from east to west, but he never reaches his destination and no one from his expedition is ever seen again. Countless search parties set out to look for the expedition but no trace is ever found. Until a young boy is given an artifact with an incredible story.