A review by reneesmith
Under the Golden Sun by Jenny Ashcroft

5.0

I love a sprawling tale that follows a brave & beautiful heroine as she makes her way through the world. Rosie is supported by an uncle (right hand man to Winston Churchill), brother (RAF pilot), & parents (military chaplain & wife in the Pacific Theater) who adore her, when she falls head over heels for a 4-year-old orphan boy who needs to be transported to Australia. She leaves her cad of a fiance behind in England to become Walter's friend & protector. In Australia, she becomes independent, makes friends, experiences heartbreak & falls in love. (The love triangle pits rich American journalist vs. brooding Aussie war hero--I mean, come on!) If this book had been written in the '70s (the Golden Age of the TV Mini-Series), I'm sure it would have ended up on the TV screen & my teenage self would have been there for every hour of it!