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The Sugar Planter’s Daughter

The Sugar Planter’s Daughter

Author(s): Sharon Maas

Location(s): Guyana

Genre(s): Fiction, Historical

Era(s): Early 20th Century

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1912, British Guiana, South America: Winnie Cox is about to marry George Quint, the love of her life. Born into a life of luxury and privilege on her father’s sugar plantation, Winnie has turned against her family by choosing to be with George – a poor black postman from the slums.

Winnie may be living in poverty, but she’s got what sister Johanna doesn’t have: a loving husband and a beautiful family. And despite Johanna running her family’s sugar plantation, Winnie will always be their mother’s favourite daughter, a bitter pill for Johanna to swallow.

Then Winnie’s son falls ill and she must travel to Venezuela desperate for a cure. With her sister away, Johanna finds herself increasingly drawn to George. But he only has eyes for Winnie. Johanna, stung by the rejection and the fragile state of her own marriage, is out for revenge – no matter how devastating the consequences.

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A book with a great story of relationships at its heart and lush and vivid descriptions. Set at a time when Guyana was called British Guiana.

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