[2] Set in the Western Australian goldfields during the period 1914 to 1927, the novel follows the story of Sally Gough and her family.

In one way or another the Golden Mile, in one or another of its various phases, is an ever present factor whether, the character is a miner or a housewife.

Much of the detail is authentic...Some sections of this novel are provocative and challenging—a novel which deals in part with social and industrial conditions is not likely to be otherwise.

"[3] In The Age the reviewer was impressed with the novel's human warmth: "The author's great sympathy with the less fortunate is an outstanding feature of the book.

So surely has she handled her material that one loses sight of the great amount of research that has gone into its making.