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Australia, 1949. When her father falls gravely ill, nineteen-year-old Raine Merrett's world is upended. Torn from the quiet rhythms of country life, her family is transplanted to a migrant camp on the sun-baked plains outside the city – a world of corrugated iron, cramped Nissen huts, and strangers thrown together by hopes of a new life.

When cockney-born Teddy Greene and his loyal friend Alf arrive from the ruins of post-war London, a chance rescue draws the three of them into each other's orbits – and into a tangle of feeling none are prepared for. Teddy is charming and restless; Alf is steady and quietly devoted.

But Raine's dreams of making something of herself are shattered when she falls pregnant to Teddy. They marry, and while life is a struggle, the marriage appears to be going well. Until Teddy abandons his young family.

Raine, bitter, furious, and grieving in equal measure, and pregnant with their second child, learns she has choices. It's up to her to set her and her children's future. She must decide what happiness is truly worth – and what she is willing to endure to find it.

Inspired by true events, Keepers is a richly atmospheric story of love, loyalty, and the quiet courage it takes to claim a life of your own.

• Cheryl Burman
• Published 2021 April 2nd by Holborn House Ltd (first published 2021 April 2nd)
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• 318 Pages
• 4.11 506 ratings
• 59 reviews