As the dark-skinned princess from the Southern Colonies--formerly the kingdom of Marula--Ebony is no stranger to hardship and ridicule. Forced into royal servitude after the death of her father, Ebony resolved to keep her head held high despite her sorrow--no matter how much vitriol she endured fro
Stars Over the Southern Ocean
โ Scribed by J.H. Fletcher
- Publisher
- Mira
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 245 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1489259066
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โฆ Synopsis
A sweeping Australian saga of one woman's impossible choice between family and freedom.
With her home and freedom on the line, will her family force her to leave it all behind?
1937 - Seventeen year old Marina Fairbrother has lived in the small logging town of Mole Creek, Tasmania, her whole life. When she meets Jory Trevelyan, she is intrigued by the young man with the strange name and his tales of the west coast. Stories of wild winds and a tumultuous sea leave her hungering for a freedom she hadn't realised she lacked.
1993 - After a terminal diagnosis, Marina knows there is only one place she wants to spend her remaining days. The remote coastal property of Noamunga has been her home for the past fifty years. Her memories are imprinted on the walls of the house and the rocks of the cliffs. Here she raised their three children, loved deeply, survived a war, worked hard, grieved deeply and lived a good life.
But...
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