ISBN 978-1523255313
Genre: Fiction/Literary/Historical
210 pages 6 x 9 inch
Format: Paperback & ebook
Publication date: 07/01/2016
Available on Amazon
About the book
Set in Seychelles, 1878, the novel reveals the colonial past of the islands whilst portraying the lives of four individuals struggling with internal conflict and the harsh reality of life in the colonial era.
Louisa, newly arrived, finds herself confronting both her past and an uncertain future on the beautiful, yet isolated, islands.
Plantation owner, Peter, faces his own struggles in the British colony, dominated by the old French landowning families. When Peter brings his sister to live with him on theplantation, he doesn’t think of the consequences.
Joseph, dark-eyed and quiet, follows Louisa with his eyes as she steps off the boat and into his life.
And Sarah, young and determined, fights to keep them all together as they face illness, loss and persecution.
When a man is killed on a neighbouring plantation, things start to unravel.
About the author
I’m an Australian writer living and teaching in Seychelles. My love of travel and History led me to research the colonial past of Seychelles and the result is my debut novel Treading Softly, Breaking Shells.
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