It's 1874 and a group of Shetlanders embark on a life-changing journey to New Zealand in search of a better life. Jamie and Catherine are deeply in love and about to be married. But their plans are thwarted by a selfish, unstable aristocrat who has designs on Jamie.
Jamie and Catherine must suffer a new life living side-by-side, but forbidden from being together. Joe, Jamie's brother, must contend with being married to a woman he loves, while in the knowledge that Catherine's heart still belongs elsewhere.
Arriving in New Zealand and challenged with new suffering and exploitation, will their love prevail against all odds?
Sprache
Verlagsort
Market Harborough
Großbritannien
Verlagsgruppe
Maße
Höhe: 216 mm
Breite: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-83859-175-5 (9781838591755)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Born in Cardiff and now living in Christchurch, New Zealand, Wendy Cheyne found the inspiration for her debut novel when she read about Shetlander emigrants who had been treated badly. After fifteen years spent writing and researching and three trips to Shetland later and From the Auld Rock to a Hard Place was born.
