In the Land of the Long White Cloud
β Scribed by Lark, Sarah
- Publisher
- AmazonEncore
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 488 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
Hardworking London governess Helen Davenport longs for a family of her own but knows the prospect of finding a suitable husband grows dimmer each year. Then she spots an advertisement seeking wives for the churchgoing bachelors of colonial New Zealand and begins an affectionate correspondence with a gentleman farmer.Meanwhile, not far away in Wales, society life bores Gwyneira Silkham, beautiful, daring daughter of a wealthy sheep breeder. She finds an unexpected escape when her father loses a blackjack hand to a mysterious New Zealand baron β and Gwynβs hand in marriage goes to the baronβs son.The women cross paths on the ship to Christchurch β Helen traveling steerage, Gwyn first class β and form an unlikely friendship, one theyβll rely on when the husbands awaiting them turn out very different than theyβd imagined.This nineteenth-century saga of two unforgettable young women β navigating a new world and finding friendship, romance, and adventure at every turn β is as lush and sweeping as the hills of New Zealand themselves.
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Helen Davenport, governess for a wealthy London household, longs for a family of her ownbut nearing her late twenties, she knows her prospects are dim. Then she spots an advertisement seeking young women to marry New Zealand's honorable bachelors and begins an affectionate correspondence with a gent
Helen Davenport, governess for a wealthy London household, longs for a family of her ownβbut nearing her late twenties, she knows her prospects are dim. Then she spots an advertisement seeking young women to marry New Zealandβs honorable bachelors and begins an affectionate correspondence with a gen