Download or read book The Heart of the Continent written by Nancy Cato and published by St Martins Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The daughter of a wealthy Australian landowner, Alix defies convention to train as a nurse on the rugged Queensland outback, where her daughter becomes a pilot in the flying doctor service on the eve of World War II