I'd like to think of this book as the Australian Gone with the Wind, but I've actually never read Gone with the Wind, so it might be slightly off. 
 This book is epic though, on a grand scale, traversing 3 generations' life stories that edges towards the tragic side (on several occasions I was in tears). 
 Dane was my favorite character by far. Oh my gosh! How much I adored Dane. 
 I really must read this book again soon. It's so marvelous! One of my most favorite books of all time :)