The Runaway Girl

by Lucy Walker

Jacket Illustration by Paddy Eckersley

Collins, 1975, [First Edition], ISBN 0002216957, hardcover, dust-jacket

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing to edges and corners, no inscriptions, top fore-edge a little dusty and marked, price-clipped dust-jacket shows a little edge and shelf wear with a little rubbing to edges and corners, some markings and foxing (see photographs)

"The advertisement for a country-style cook for a safari leaving shortly for the Outback seemed heaven-sent, and when Jenny was offered the job, thanks to the untiring efforts of Geoff Hallam, an old school-friend, she was beside herself with joy.
Drew Carey, the "Big Boss Fella" of the safari, was a disturbingly fascinating man who took pains to tell his cook and general roustabout something of gemstones - the trip to the Outback was supposedly in search of opals - a gesture resented by the beautiful and efficient Nicole Armstrong who obviously felt she had an exclusive claim on Drew's attentions."