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It is 1906, and Bridget Dutton and her family are confronted by the potential closure of their busy coach-change station and hotel. The building of the Etheridge Railway in the remote area of North Queensland threatens both their livelihood and their home. Faced with the inevitable closure of their hotel, the family must make impossible choices about their future. Then tragedy strikes, and Bridget must draw strength from her four daughters to help navigate the difficult final days of the hotel's operation. Last Coach to Quartz Hill is a heartwarming story of family unity, resilience and determination to confront the challenges of inevitable change. It brings to life the tiny hotel and its people amidst the poignant events and places of the Etheridge District in the early 1900s.

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Born in the 1950s, Jenny Kroonstuiver spent her childhood living on pastoral stations firstly in western Queensland and then on the Nullarbor Plain in Western Australia. She trained as a teacher and spent several years teaching in country areas of the Northern Territory and Queensland, before returning to Kalgoorlie in the 1980s. After a short-lived marriage, she raised her four children alone, continuing to work in the broader education sector. From 2004, she took up a role managing the national training system for the Australian meat industry, a role she held until her retirement in 2020. After publishing several family histories and biographies, this is her sixth novel set in the ghost towns of Australia.

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