Blogs in July 2016

The Penny Heart 20th July 2016

Sentenced to death for a simple confidence trick, Mary Jebb escapes the gallows … but her reprieve is harsh: seven years in the unforgiving penal colony of Botany Bay. Yet Mary is determined not to be forgotten, sending two...

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Fool’s Gold 21st June 2016

Love—is it worth its weight in gold? It’s 1866 and the gold rush is on. Left to fend for herself in the wilds of New Zealand’s west coast, Lady Guinevere Stanhope is determined to do whatever it takes to...

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PHENOMENA the Lost and Forgotten Children. 11th June 2016

The Lost and Forgotten Children of New Zealand’s Early Mental Health System. As a child I knew Malcolm, who was then a young man. Dad often invited him home for meals. Malcolm was one of the ‘lost children’ forgotten...

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Backwards Into the Future 11th June 2016

Everyone knows you can’t go back. Everyone except Mary apparently, because here she is – back in her old hometown. That’s because of two women – Kui, and Ana. One of them is pushing her, the other is holding...

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Every Five Minutes 3rd June 2016

Gina, if that is her real name, sets out to walk to work. Deliberately, she misses the bus and walks into the city, then turns and walks back home. This is not a day for work. Today she will...

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