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In the Land of the Long White Cloud
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Series: In the Land of the Long White Cloud, Book 1
- Length: 22 hrs and 3 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction
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Publisher's Summary
Hardworking London governess Helen Davenport longs for a family of her own but knows the prospect of finding a suitable husband grows dimmer each year. Then she spots an advertisement seeking wives for the churchgoing bachelors of colonial New Zealand and begins an affectionate correspondence with a gentleman farmer.
Meanwhile, not far away in Wales, society life bores Gwyneira Silkham, beautiful, daring daughter of a wealthy sheep breeder. She finds an unexpected escape when her father loses a blackjack hand to a mysterious New Zealand baron — and Gwyn’s hand in marriage goes to the baron’s son.The women cross paths on the ship to Christchurch — Helen traveling steerage, Gwyn first class — and form an unlikely friendship, one they’ll rely on when the husbands awaiting them turn out very different than they’d imagined.
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- Valerie
- 25-08-2016
Listen to the narrator first
The story was spoiled for me by the narration, very strange voice and style. Would not use this narrator again .
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- Derbydiva
- 18-09-2020
The story is good but the audio failed
halfway through the book it just stopped playing. checked device and other books, all good. this recording is therefore faulty. too bad.
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- Mrs C.
- 24-06-2020
The narration was dreadful
I could only listen for a few minutes the narration was dreadful. It grated on the nerves
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- GLYNN
- 14-02-2020
Story became bogged down
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- Anonymous User
- 09-01-2019
poor narration
horrible narration. even with speeding up the speech. all the sentences and paragraphs sound like they roll into one.
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- Kindle Customer
- 24-12-2018
wonderful story of the Maori and Pakeha
A wonerful story of early settlers and their hardships, cultural differences and the laws of early New Zealand.
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- DHackney
- 30-08-2013
Excellent Epic - New Zealand
The book titled “In the Land of the Long White Cloud” by Sarah Lark readers follow a few generations of immigrants to New Zealand from Wales and London. One of the characters is Helen Davenport who has been working as governess in London but longs for a husband and a family of her own. Helen ends up on her way to New Zealand to answer an advertisement for a man seeking a wife after the exchange of letters. Helen believes that this man who writes beautiful sentiments is a gentleman farmer but her reality is disappointing.
Gwyn’s character comes into the story when her father loses blackjack to a sheep baron from New Zealand. Gwyn is to go to New Zealand to marry the sheep baron’s son. Gwyn is only 17 years old and loves sheep ranching, border collies, and horses. She is excited for an adventure and life on a sprawling ranch. Her reality is less than ideal.
Sarah Lark introduces the reader to a cast of characters that are wonderfully created. There are the orphan girls shipped to New Zealand to be servants. The heartless decisions made for these little girls really touched my heart and I was so happy that the author carried each of their story lines throughout this epic novel, as well. I call this an epic novel because it sweeps through many years – following the individual characters’ lives.
I purchased this book as an audio presentation through audible.com for my Kindle and it was about 22 hours long. The audible story is brilliantly performed by Anne Flosnik. It was thrilling to have such a long book to listen to that was never was slow or dull. There is rich New Zealand history detailed in the story and descriptions of the beautiful south island in the early days of settlers.
I am looking forward to ready the next book by Sarah Lark that carries on the story lines with the next generations. This book was originally written in German and the English translation was excellent.
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- Debbie
- 15-05-2015
Well Told Tale of Life in 19th Century New Zealand
I loved this honestly told story of the immigrants who came to New Zealand . . . Helen, the governess, who answered an advertisement to come from England to New Zealand to find a husband . . . and Gwyneira, who is coming from Wales to meet her husband. Gwyneira's father, a sheep breeder, who has gambled away his daughter's dowry, has now gambled his daughter's hand in marriage to save his sheep farm. Helen and Gwyniera become friends on the three month sea voyage from England to New Zealand, and so do the orphans that are traveling with Helen. I see that many of the reviews of In the Land of the Long White Cloud are mixed or negative . . . I highly disagree. Having listened to Bryce Courtney's books about Australia and New Zealand and the Maori tribes, (all of which I highly recommend), I find Sarah Lark's writing much gentler. Her treatment of many subjects (abuse of women by men, homosexuality, infidelity, sexual scenes, whore houses) are well written, but not down played or white washed. These things, as much as we all wish they weren't, were facts of life in 19th century New Zealand . . . The genuine friendships formed between the women, the pioneer spirit, the settling of the land and the GOOD of many people, including the Maori tribes, shine through. A love of learning and biblical truth abound, as well as unveiling the wolves in sheeps' clothing. I am already listening the the next book in the trilogy.
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- Deb H
- 27-02-2017
One of my favorite series ever
What did you love best about In the Land of the Long White Cloud?
It was wonderfully written. I was thankful that the stories were very long, because I didn't want them to ever end. I was guessing what would happen next the whole time. I love stories that are not predictable.
What was one of the most memorable moments of In the Land of the Long White Cloud?
I don't want to give any of the story line away. Let's just say, when Gweneira was confronted by her father-in-law about not fulfilling her obligations.
Which character – as performed by Anne Flosnik – was your favorite?
Helen. She had such strength to leave her home on her own. She was a good and loyal friend, well loved by all who knew her. Life was rough for her, but she was always thankful. I loved her spirit.
If you could take any character from In the Land of the Long White Cloud out to dinner, who would it be and why?
Helen, of course. See above comment.
Any additional comments?
Get this series. You won't be disappointed.
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- Lorna
- 30-10-2012
Frontier Land story
A quite long winded story, narrated well, but doesn't really go anywhere.. I enjoyed the narration, good accents and quietly enjoyable
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- Elissa
- 01-12-2017
Narrator can make it or break it...
This one was a complete turn off. Could not continue the book as the narration was very irritating to my ear. Can’t judge the book.
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- Tracy Jordan
- 01-10-2012
easy light listen
an average historical, novel, narrator is alright. I'd recommend this book if you are doing something that will require half a listening ear.
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- Sharon
- 29-08-2013
Tedious
This book goes on and on and on and is very tedious. The narrator is a poor choice and when she does the voices of the characters she sounds rather odd. None of the characters are particularly likable or believable. There are some obvious historical mistakes and I regret listening all the way to the end.
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- NatesNana
- 10-08-2013
Narrator has no idea of Maori Pronunciation!
Interesting story of pioneer New Zealand. However as a genuine "Kiwi" pakeha, I found the narration rather bland and her poor pronunciation of Maori words and place names grated - sometimes they were unrecognisable. The "Maori accent" of the Maori workers speaking English was also poorly portrayed.
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- Ian King
- 20-08-2019
A generational romp around historic NZ
This saga starts out in England where a 'considered' aging Nanny, Helen Davenport dreams of marriage before she is much older; where 6 young orphan girls are under the local ministries care and an unscrupulous New Zealand Sheep Baron is visiting over, looking for a herd of quality sheep to take back to NZ for breeding. All of these individuals lives converge when the NZ sheep Baron wins, at a game of cards the hand of a beautiful teenager girl, Gwyneira Silkham. A girl who is sick of the high-society living and wants to get away and experience a new adventure. The NZ Baron wants to take Gwyn back to NZ to be the wife for his less-than-capable son Luke. Helen answers a letter from NZ of a 'gentleman', looking for a bride. The Baron gets his sheep and new daughter-in-law to be, and the 6 orphans are sent to NZ to be house maids, adoptive daughters and potential wives. While on board the ship 'Dublin' due for NZ, Gwyn and Helen (who is filling the roll as the young girls' guardian and teacher), make an unlikely alliance and life-long friendship. When they all arrive in NZ, things do not go as everyone had expected and there the whole darned saga goes 'pear-shaped'. I really enjoyed this story as these individuals lives keep connecting somewhere, or other in NZ. Good things happen, sad things happen, terrible things happen and all the paths that the reader might expect to follow, are not as straight as they should be. There are several stories going on at once and Lark, manages them all very well. I listened to the audiobook version of this story (22 hours worth) which was for the most part, skillfully narrated by Anne Flosnik. She has a brilliant handle on the talent of a narrator, creating different characters and honouring the authors creation. But, being a NZ local I did have a few laughs at certain pronunciations of words that she used. She was not to know and it didn't upset the story in any way.
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- Lynda Clark
- 19-11-2017
Finally finished this book.
It was hard to focus on the story because I didn't like the narrator .
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- Louize
- 13-04-2015
The worst book I have yet listened to
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- Donna
- 19-09-2020
Rubbish narration
Is this a joke? Couldn't get past the first paragraph. Awful narration. Will be returning
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- Kayann stargazer
- 04-08-2020
I dont know couldnt get past the narration i
omg its impossible to even enjoy this book because the narrator is so bad. just speak normal . it sounds robotic mostly and just...bad maybe the story is bad too idk...
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- Kindle Customer
- 30-12-2012
Pleasant listen
This was an enjoyable listen if not exactly gripping or enthralling. Although neither of the main characters of Gwyneira or Helen made much of an impression on me I did find myself wanting things to work out well for them both and listening at every opportunity to discover what would come next in their lives. Some of the characters outcomes were a bit contrived and neatly sewn up but overall I did enjoy the book and would recommend it as one that is not too challenging if you need a fairly lightweight listen.
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- Lorrie Loo
- 14-05-2020
Good story line badly translated
This book was chosen for our book club. We all agreed that it was a good page turner, but has many flaws in the translation. A pity it was not translated by someone British.
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- Emma Youngs
- 11-04-2019
Listen Before You Buy
I enjoyed this story but found the narration very distracting. My advice is to listen to the sample before you buy the book.
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- anniegetcha
- 02-02-2019
Poor performance
The poor performance ruined an otherwise good story. The narration was like listening to Siri- emotionless and some incorrect pronunciation. As the story is good, I shall read it on my Kindle instead.
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- Jan
- 07-12-2018
Excellent
22 hours of Dowton Abby does New Zealand ! Superb story . I neeeeeed a sequel ! Great narration.
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- Anne
- 30-05-2018
Beautiful and fascinating
A story about a dynasty at the birth of New Zealand. Beautifully narrated and could not stop listening.
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- rae
- 08-11-2017
New Zealand y
An interesting and well written book about New Zealand, especially if you know the modern country. also well narrated.
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