1907
Hannah Declan arrives in Sydney at a time when bullock trains carry supplies between towns, and lamplighters and street sweepers are a common sight. When Hannah meets a young soldier, Tom Fields, their love blossoms in spite of the distance created by war.
Kerosene and Candles transports the reader from the trenches of Turkey and France to the remote outback of New South Wales. As the Great War spreads across Europe, Hannah is confronted by a changing society where her morals and beliefs are seriously challenged.
This is a tale of tenacity, love and hard times as Hannah struggles to raise her family, all the while fighting to survive the ravages of drought and the great depression.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Market Harborough
Großbritannien
Verlagsgruppe
Maße
Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78901-848-6 (9781789018486)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
John Kingston McMahon was orphaned as a baby after his parents immigrated from Ireland to Australia. After being raised in institutions, his youth was spent hitch-hiking throughout the Australian outback. He wrote his autobiography in 2013 titled A Long Way to Goulacullin. Kerosene and Candles is his first novel.
