Christina Baker Kline

The Exiles

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London, 1840. Evangeline, pregnant and falsely accused of stealing, has languished in Newgate prison for months. Ahead now lies the journey to Australia on a prison ship. On board, Evangeline befriends Hazel, sentenced to seven years' transport for theft. Soon Hazel's path will cross with an orphaned indigenous girl. Mathinna is ?adopted' by the new governor of Tasmania where the family treat her more like a curiosity than a child.Amid hardships and cruelties, new life will take root in stolen soil, friendships will define lives, and some will find their place in a new society in the land beyond the seas.

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-7490-2639-4
EAN: 9780749026394
Produktnummer: 35404828
Verlag: Allison and Busby Ltd
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Masse: H19.8 cm x B12.9 cm x D3.5 cm

Über den Autor

Christina Baker Kline is the author of seven novels, including the #1 New York Times bestseller Orphan Train. Her other novels include Bird in Hand, The Way Life Should Be, Desire Lines, and Sweet Water, as well as Orphan Train Girl, a middle-grade adaptation of Orphan Train. Her essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, Money, More, and Psychology Today, among other publications. She lives in New York City and on the coast of Maine.