The Path Through the Coojong Trees

 The Path Through the Coojong Trees

Reviewed By  Grasshopper2       July 22, 2025

 

Author  Leonie Kelsall

Distributor:      Allen and Unwin
ISBN:                 9781761470929
Publisher:         Allen and Unwin
Release Date:   1 July 2025  

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Author of seven books Leonie Kelsall has once again focussed her settings in the Australian bush. As a child raised in outback towns and has a knowledge of small-town characters and mentalities. This keeps her tales and characters based in reality. The Path Through The Coojong Trees looks at many aspects of small town living and some of the perks and draw backs.

Natasha is a young 16-year-old who is desperate to escape her home and town. She has a plan, and it involves studying hard and moving to Sydney to university. Her home life is horrendous. Her parents, one Aboriginal, one Australian, are happy for her to work two part time jobs and pay the bills.

They do not believe she will ever leave and are not that interested anyway. Natasha is different. At school as she is deaf and comes from the wrong side of the railway line, she has very few friends. Then a family moves into town. They are from Turkey and viewed with reservation by most. The young man, Tarik, and Natasha become close.

 We skip about nine years and Natasha has moved to a small town as a classroom teacher. She has her daughter with her. The town mimics others in its suspicion of newcomers, however, being a teacher affords Natasha acceptance. She gradually meets and befriends different people. Then one day a new shop announces its opening. It is a Turkish bakery. The story unfolds as chance and fate play a hand in the resolution.

Definitely one for the romantics.

Fiction, General, Romance