Longtime Passing is a sincere and simple account of one family's experience in the Australian Outback…. The narrative … is vivid and exciting and honest…. [Four] children, of whom the author is the youngest, grow up in this wild, mysterious, majestic country and watch with secret horror "progress" take over their land.

There is little more for me to say. It is a very good book by any standards and will be enjoyed by readers of all ages…. [The] reader should have some experience of life to appreciate the heights and depths of the writing.