Movie Description:
Born in the 1930s on a remotesheep ranch in New South Wales, Jill Ker learns early tolove the untamable land-and theallure of books. While herbrothers attend boarding school, she stays at Coorain, working beside her beloved father and learning from Eve, her strong-willed mother. Theirs is astoic family, but years of drought take their toll on Coorain and on the Kers. Jill endures several family tragedies, growinginto a young woman of passionand ambition. But Eve buckles under the weight of grief, inspiring her daughter to break free and find her own way.