Douglas Mair

Temptation Under the Sun Douglas Mair

A young girl is taken to hospital after being found unconscious at night on the platform of the Hughenden Railway Station, She continues to hear the cries of a baby, but who is she and why is she there?. With love from her newly found family on the sheep station Temptation Downs, her memory gradually returns. But the memories of the vicious abuse during her childhood at a Sydney orphanage are brutal and ugly and threaten to destroy her. But Elly Calvert is a survivor and over the ensuing years establishes herself as an inspirational figure in the harsh climate of the Australian outback. From the dry plains of North West Queensland, to the war in Vietnam, the Calvert family's story is one of courage, determination and a never flagging love of family.