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In the Land of the Long White Cloud

In the Land of the Long White Cloud Saga, Book 1

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In the Land of the Long White Cloud

By: Sarah Lark, D.W Lovett - translator
Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
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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.

This nineteenth-century saga of two unforgettable young women — navigating a new world and finding friendship, romance, and adventure at every turn — is as lush and sweeping as the hills of New Zealand themselves.

Public Domain (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc. Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Women's Fiction Marriage Feel-Good Friendship
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A wonerful story of early settlers and their hardships, cultural differences and the laws of early New Zealand.

wonderful story of the Maori and Pakeha

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Not great. Weird accents and tone. Would’ve been nice to involve a different person from the relevant origin for each character.

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A well written saga

Great story fantastically interesting

Terrible accents/ butchering of te reo Maori

Riveting story epic tale

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The story was spoiled for me by the narration, very strange voice and style. Would not use this narrator again .

Listen to the narrator first

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A shame really. Enjoyed the first half but had to push myself to finish. Would like to know what other listeners rated this book.

Story became bogged down

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horrible narration. even with speeding up the speech. all the sentences and paragraphs sound like they roll into one.

poor narration

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I could only listen for a few minutes the narration was dreadful. It grated on the nerves

The narration was dreadful

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halfway through the book it just stopped playing. checked device and other books, all good. this recording is therefore faulty. too bad.

The story is good but the audio failed

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