Choose any audiobook from over 180,000 titles... yours to keep with a free trial.
Search Suggestions
Two branches of the McAllister family lead very different lives on cattle stations in Central Australia. Rob, a stickler for correctness, manages a wealthy, company-owned property while his easygoing brother, Sandy, struggles to support his wife and son on an impoverished leasehold. When tragedy throws the families together, it ultimately drives them even further apart.Sandy's young son Jim suffers the most. Left to rebuild his shattered world, he falls back on the larger-than-life station characters and the comfort of horses. This is tough country, where personal hardship is kept in perspective by drought, fire and isolation. The times are just as unforgiving, and as the years pass, Jim discovers that he must pay for his father's mistake as well as his own. Yet this harshly beautiful land is full of promise and a source of strength to Jim on his road from innocence to independence.
More
Set amid the barren sand and sun of Central Australia, Kerry McGinnis’ tale of family, tragedy, and redemption finds a versatile suitor in the strains of Aussie actor Humphrey Bower. The Waddi Tree follows young Jim McAllister, sent to live on the cattle station of a well-to-do uncle after the tragic death of his mother. As he grows accustomed to his new life, the teenage Jim shows promise as a jackaroo. Jim begins to dream of his own cattleman career, but finds himself hampered by his family’s dark past. A prolific audiobook performer, Bower colors the proceedings with distinct character acting and impassioned diction. Bower lends rugged masculinity to McGinnis’ brawny bushmen, while nevertheless betraying the tenderness and insecurity that lurks within young Jim.
"McGinnis has the eye of a painter; she writes as she sees and the land come alive." (Weekend Australian)
We've sent an email with your order details. Order ID #:
Listen on the Audible app or these devices.
Launch Audible App-or-
Download Free Audible AppTo access this title, visit your library in the app or on the desktop website.
Listen on the Audible app or these devices.
Launch Audible App-or-
Download Free Audible AppAudible does not currently have the rights to sell this title in your country.
Please consider another book.
Continue BrowsingPlease add a payment method to continue.
Add a Payment MethodPlease edit your payment details or add a new card.
If the problem persists, contact customer service at (888) 283-5051
Review My Payment MethodIf the problem persists, contact customer service at (888) 283-5051
Please select a default credit card to continue.
Select Credit CardIt looks like you've already used the specified payment method for a free trial.
Please contact customer service if you think we have made a mistake. (888) 283-5051
Start Your $14.95 MembershipIf the problem persists, contact customer service at (888) 283-5051
If the problem persists, contact customer service at (888) 283-5051
Enjoyable
- Louise
THE WAY IT WAS
If you did your "apprenticeship" as a Jackaroo in the 60's or before, you will relive the skills, demands, responsibilities, and sheer hard work of a cattle man.
It brought back memories. The descriptions were accurate (notwithstanding the geography), and the characters were spot on.
As they say…you had to be there to understand.
First book I have listened to.
Bower is outstanding!!!
Far and away the top narrator in the world.
Laughed out loud with some of the typical Aussie humour.
Kerry McGinnis either did a great deal of research or was really there at the time.
- Ben
