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elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"31a913e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_center   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-text_center\"><h3 class=\"elementskit-section-subtitle  \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAbout the Book\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3><h2 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Gifted<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<div class='ekit-heading__description'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>A powerful tale of glory, betrayal, and redemption,\u00a0<strong>Gifted<\/strong>\u00a0launches a sweeping novel series rooted in the heartland of Australia and played out on the grand stage of Melbourne. Every so often, a debut arrives that doesn\u2019t just tell a story\u2014it commands attention.\u00a0<strong>Gifted<\/strong><\/em>: A Quintessential Australian-World Story<em>\u00a0is rich with emotional depth, national pride, and cinematic storytelling.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This first instalment chronicles the rise, fall, and resilience of the Manifold family. Australia clings fiercely to its legends\u2014especially when they come from the bush and conquer multiple arenas. One such man is Jackson Manifold, grand-nephew of the legendary Man from Snowy River. Gifted with the same spectacular horsemanship, Jack is humble, resolute, and unmistakably Australian. His marriage to the daughter of English aristocrats\u2014her parents lifelong servants of the Crown\u2014unites tradition with grit. Together, they raise five children, a family forged not in arrogance but in quiet determination, empathy, and the fierce spirit of achievement.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Jack carved his path beneath the national spotlight. Now, his children rise too\u2014across business, music, fashion, and the arts. They don\u2019t live in his shadow. They illuminate it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And then\u2014it all begins to unravel.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Duped by an Argentine drug cartel, Jack sees his hard-earned fortune seized by the Australian Federal Police as alleged proceeds of crime. Cracks appear in the family\u2019s armour. Reputations teeter. Loyalties are tested. Will love and purpose be enough to rescue the faltering child?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>At his father\u2019s side stands Freddy, Jack\u2019s 28-year-old son with Down syndrome\u2014a national treasure known simply as\u00a0<\/em>\u201cour perfect imperfection.\u201d<em>\u00a0In his gentle presence, Australia learns to love more deeply, live more kindly, and believe more boldly.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Stripped of everything, Jack must begin again. And the one thing he can still do\u2014at sixty-two\u2014is command horses. Enter Gai Waterhouse, a legend in her own right, who invites Jack to train\u00a0<\/em>Power and Purpose<em>, Australia\u2019s premier stallion, for a Melbourne Cup run.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In the stables, alongside Freddy, a bond forms between Freddy and \u201cMrs Gai.\u201d Hope flickers. But when tragedy strikes, Jack faces the question every fallen hero must answer:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Will he vanish\u2014numbed into nothingness?<br \/>Or will the true Jackson Manifold rise once more?<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About The Book About the Book Gifted A powerful tale of glory, betrayal, and redemption,\u00a0Gifted\u00a0launches a sweeping novel series rooted in the heartland of Australia and played out on the grand stage of Melbourne. 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