The Linnet Bird
$39.43
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
31 January 2009
Summary
‘For you, I will write of it all, part truth, part memory, part nightmare – my life, the one that started so long ago, in a place so far from here…’
India, 1839: Linny Gow, a respectable young wife and mother, settles down to write her life story. To outside appearances Linny is the perfect Colonial wife: beautiful, gracious, subservient. But appearances can be very deceptive.
An unforgettable book, richly descriptive and mesmerising from the start, THE LINNET BIRD is the spel…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780755324637 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0755324633 |
| Author: | Linda Holeman |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Headline Book Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Release Date: | 31 January 2009 |
| Weight: | 416g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 131mm x 32mm |
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This is a sweeping, unputdownable saga (think The Thorn Birds and Gone with the Wind) that you’ll probably want to tell all your friends about
A stirring tale of one woman’s search for personal fulfilment - Woman & Home
This is a sweeping, unputdownable saga (think The Thorn Birds and Gone with the Wind) that you’ll probably want to tell all your friends about - WomanLinny’s talent for survival makes for compulsive reading. This Canadian writer’s first adult novel succeeds in being more than just a historical saga; it is a rites-of-passage tale with a very convincing and resourceful heroine. - The LadyAbout The Author
Linda Holeman
Linda Holeman is the author of six books for children and young adults, and two collections of short stories for adults, both of which have won her numerous awards in her native Canada. She has three children and lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The LINNET BIRD is her first novel.
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