The exiles
(Book - Large Print)
Published
New York, NY : Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020].
Edition
First Harper Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
437 pages (large print) : map ; 23 cm
Status
Prescott Public Library - LP - Large Print Area
KLINE, CHRISTINA
1 available
KLINE, CHRISTINA
1 available
Sedona Public Library - LP - Large Print Area
KLINE, C.
1 available
KLINE, C.
1 available
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Published
New York, NY : Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020].
Format
Book - Large Print
Edition
First Harper Large Print edition.
Language
English
Notes
Description
Sent to a Tasmanian penal colony after conceiving her employer's grandchild, a young governess befriends a talented midwife and an orphaned Aboriginal chief's daughter while confronting the harsh realities of British colonialism and oppression in 19th-century Australia.
Description
Evangeline, a naïve young governess in early nineteenth-century London, is seduced by her employer's son and becomes pregnant. Sent to Newgate Prison, she is sentenced to "the land beyond the seas," Van Diemen's Land, a penal colony in Australia. Evangeline knows the child she carries will be born on the months-long voyage to this distant land. During the journey on the Medea , Evangeline strikes up a friendship with Hazel, a girl little older than her former pupils who was sentenced to seven years transport for stealing a silver spoon. A skilled midwife and herbalist, Hazel offers home remedies to both prisoners and sailors in return for a variety of favors. Though Australia has been home to Aboriginal people for more than 50,000 years, the British government in the 1840s considers its fledgling colony uninhabited and unsettled, and views the natives as an unpleasant nuisance. Mathinna, the orphaned daughter of the Chief of the Lowreenne tribe, has been adopted by the new governor of Van Diemen's Land. Soon all three face an opportunity: for a new way of life. -- adapted from back cover
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Prescott Public Library - LP - Large Print Area | KLINE, CHRISTINA | Find It Now |
Sedona Public Library - LP - Large Print Area | KLINE, C. | Find It Now |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Australia -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Australia -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Exile (Punishment) -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Governesses -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Large print books.
Life change events -- Fiction.
Midwives -- Fiction.
Penal colonies -- Australia -- Fiction.
Women -- Australia -- Fiction.
Australia -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Exile (Punishment) -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Governesses -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Large print books.
Life change events -- Fiction.
Midwives -- Fiction.
Penal colonies -- Australia -- Fiction.
Women -- Australia -- Fiction.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Kline, C. B. (2020). The exiles (First Harper Large Print edition.). Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kline, Christina Baker, 1964-. 2020. The Exiles. Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kline, Christina Baker, 1964-. The Exiles Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Kline, Christina Baker. The Exiles First Harper Large Print edition., Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2020.
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