Lark Sarah - In The Land Of The Long White Cloud - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: 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 and Gwyn's hand in marriage goes to the baron's son. The women cross paths on the ship to Christchurch Helen traveling steerage Gwyn first class and form an unlikely friendship one they ll rely on when the husbands awaiting them turn out very different than they d imagined. This nineteenth - century saga of two unforgettable young women navigating a new world and finding friendship romance and adventure at every turn is as lush and sweeping as the hills of New Zealand themselves.
Title: In The Land Of The Long White Cloud
Author(s): Lark Sarah
Publisher: Amazon Crossing
Barcode: 9781612184265
Pages: 667 Pages
Publication Date: 8/21/2012
Series: In the Land of the Long White Cloud saga
Category: Historical Fiction