The Vine Weaver

The Vine Weaver. Hawkesbury River area 1820s+. Joel and Hetty Walker live on a secluded farm on the Hawkesbury River. An incident in Joel’s past makes him wish to protect young women from the heinous attentions of the colony’s men, so the Walkers create a haven. After numerous times of being abused, Fran Rea gives birth to a stillborn, illegitimate child in the Female Factory in Parramatta. Distraught that her pretty face has attracted men, she tries to disfigure herself. Hetty rescues Fran and takes her to the farm, where Fran teaches her vine weaving. This success spurns an entire cottage industry for the small farm. Over the years, the girls come and go. The farmhand, Hector Macdougal, shows compassion to all, yet it is his words that change their lives, giving them a future beyond their dreams. It is to Hector that Fran turns when threatened.The vines now must draw them close to survive the revelations of the future.

Sara Powter was born on the NSW Central Coast in 1959. Her childhood was spent with her parents travelling mostly up and down the East Coast of Australia, fishing, Shell collecting and doing some of her education by Correspondence Schooling. With a passion for Science she worked for the Department of Agriculture as a Scientific Assistant in the Entomology Department. She married Stephen soon after leaving there and they spent 30 years in Ministry in the Newcastle Anglican Diocese in NSW, only retiring at the end of 2020. When ‘Covid 19’ hit, ‘time’ was available to pen some of the stories she’d wanted to write for some time. Within just four months, three stories were finished and a fourth on the way. These stem from her passion of Colonial Australia, her convict Ancestors and the amazing history of the Amazing country, Australia! Sara did thess as she wishe dto finishe one of her mothers unfinished manuscripts. "Dancing to her own tune" is now completed and ties in Sheila Hunters Australian Trilogy with Saras Lockley series. There is a second prequel to these that shes nearing completion. "Amelias Tears" . Watch for more...

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