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Lark, Sarah, 1958-

Beneath the kauri tree / Sarah Lark ; translated by D. W. Lovett. - Seattle [Washington] AmazonCrossing, 2018. - The Sea of Freedom Trilogy 1 . - The Sea of Freedom Trilogy 1 .

Previously published as Im Schatten des Kauribaums by Bastei Lübbe in Germany in 2012.

"As the nineteenth century draws to a close, the struggle for women's suffrage has finally reached New Zealand. But when the tide of change rolls in, it threatens to engulf two young women from very different backgrounds, who are coming of age amid the tumult. Torn between the two worlds that make up her heritage, Matariki Drury is the daughter of a successful white businesswoman and a descendant of Maori royalty. Scarred by poverty and hoping to make a new life for herself in this strange and forbidding land, Violet Paisley is the middle child of a poor Welsh coal-mining family. Drawn together by their shared commitment to social change, and tested by traumas that neither of them could foresee, these two independent-minded women will find themselves thrust onto the front lines of the fight for equal rights and racial justice. To win their place in this world, they must learn to rise above their personal pain and choose a path of reconciliation rather than retribution."--Provided by publisher.


Translated from the German.

ISBN: 9781503900585 1503900584

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Immigrants--New Zealand--Fiction.
Women--Suffrage--New Zealand--Fiction.
Women--Social conditions--New Zealand--19th century--Fiction.
Maori (New Zealand people)--Social conditions--9th century--Fiction.
Racially mixed people--New Zealand--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New Zealand-- History --19th century--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction.