If somewhere is 'beyond the black stump' it means it is in the deepest darkest wilds of the Australian outback. This is the sun-baked setting for Nevil Shute's novel of a romance that is tested by the differences between two young people's home lives. Stanton Laird is sent from his small town in America to work in a remote outpost in Western Australia. While out there he befriends the unconventional Regan family and falls in love with the daughter Mollie. However, when Mollie travels to America to visit him the couple realise that their differences in background make their plans for a future together hard to realise.
- ISBN10 184232246X
- ISBN13 9781842322468
- Publish Date 18 September 2000 (first published 5 May 1972)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 9 March 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint House of Stratus
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 291
- Language English