That takes us back to her time with Otto, a sheep farmer who kept her as a sex slave. Jake has hooked up with Greg, a good guy, but is being blackmailed by another shearer who’s found out Jake is on the run. Wyld is at her best capturing their work rhythms and cheerful profanity. In the Outback, Jake is the only female member of a team of shearers, contract workers moving between sheep farms. In a further twist, Wyld uses reverse chronology for the Australian sections. To understand her, we must delve into her Australian past, which Wyld alternates with her English present. She’s also a loner after three years on the island, she has no friends. This is no Little Bo Peep: Jake is a tall, muscular Australian who can shear a fleece with the best of them.
When we first meet Jake Whyte, she’s tending her flock on an island off the coast of England. The second novel from award-winning Australian author Wyld ( After the Fire, A Still Small Voice, 2009) explores the checkered past of a self-reliant young woman, a sheep farmer.
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