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The Larnachs

2011-08-26 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2011-08-26
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 982/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Larnachs by : Owen Marshall

Download or read book The Larnachs written by Owen Marshall. This book was released on 2011-08-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a real love triangle, this fascinating novel is by one of New Zealand's most-loved respected authors. 'Dougie's story and mine is not told in the history of William Larnach. It is our private journey, and only we understand how it came about; only we know the fitness and the wonder of it.' William James Mudie Larnach's name resonates in New Zealand history - the politician and self-made man who built the famous 'castle' on Otago Peninsula. In 1891, after the death of his first two wives, he married the much younger Constance de Bathe Brandon. But the marriage that began with such happiness was to end in tragedy. The story of the growing relationship between Conny and William's younger son, Dougie, lies at the heart of Owen Marshall's subtle and compelling new novel. The socially restrictive world of late nineteenth-century Dunedin and Wellington springs vividly to life as Marshall traces the deepening love between stepmother and stepson, and the slow disintegration of the domineering yet vulnerable figure of Larnach himself. Can love ever really be its own world, free of morality and judgement and scandal? Moving, thought-provoking and superbly written, The Larnachs is a memorable piece of fiction from one of our wisest authors.

Love as a Stranger

2016-03-28 Fiction
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Release : 2016-03-28
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 737/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Love as a Stranger by : Owen Marshall

Download or read book Love as a Stranger written by Owen Marshall. This book was released on 2016-03-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brilliantly tracing the progress of unexpected love and the perils of relationships, this gripping novel is a tour de force. Temporarily in Auckland while her husband is undergoing treatment, Sarah enjoys a walk in the coolness of the Symonds Street Cemetery. As she pauses at the grave of Emily Keeling, murdered in 1886 by a rejected suitor, a stranger named Hartley strikes up a conversation. Before long he arranges to meet Sarah for coffee. So their friendship begins, and soon blossoms into an affair, rich in mutual understanding and sexual excitement. But love may become obsession, which brings with it disquieting demands, even menace. ‘When love is not madness, it is not love.’

Letters to Emma

2014-01-29 History
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Release : 2014-01-29
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 187/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Letters to Emma by : Fiona McPherson

Download or read book Letters to Emma written by Fiona McPherson. This book was released on 2014-01-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using extensive correspondence from the family of a leading Oamaru family, Letters to Emma tells one story of how New Zealand was built in the later years of the nineteenth century.

Carnival Sky

2014-05-02 Fiction
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Release : 2014-05-02
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 835/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Carnival Sky by : Owen Marshall

Download or read book Carnival Sky written by Owen Marshall. This book was released on 2014-05-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautifully written, brilliantly observed and ultimately optimistic, this novel by one of New Zealand's finest writers powerfully captures those times when death puts life on hold. Sheff is disillusioned with journalism and, with plans to travel overseas, chucks in his job. But first he goes south to Alexandra, where his father is dying. He becomes caught up with his family in the agonising inertia of waiting for approaching death. Slowly he comes to terms with suppressed issues of loss, love, resentment and commitment, and acknowledges he must reach out for new relationships. Sheff's gradual transformation - sometimes darkly humorous, sometimes disconcerting - is handled with insight and subtlety and is totally convincing.

Sojourn in Arles

2013-05-03 Fiction
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Release : 2013-05-03
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 585/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Sojourn in Arles by : Owen Marshall

Download or read book Sojourn in Arles written by Owen Marshall. This book was released on 2013-05-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chance encounter leads to an appreciation of the spontaneous and passing friendship of strangers in this evocative short story from one of New Zealand's finest writers. David Wilson takes a trip around Europe after the death of his wife. With limited funds, he accepts the offer from a stranger to stay in his apartment in Arles. For David it is a chance to put himself on hold and live as someone else. Brilliantly tracking David's shifting sense of himself, this story captures time, place and mood with appealing subtlety and precision.

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