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From the Ashes by Deborah Challinor
36.99 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Allie Manaia must navigate society's disapproval of her mixed-race marriage to Sonny, while at the same time attempting to cope with the death of their baby, and undiagnosed PTSD - a result of being caught in the Dunbar & Jones department store fire two years earlier. Allie's grief, and her distress ...Show more
From the Ashes by Deborah Challinor
14.99 NZD
25.00 (40% off)
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: The\Restless Years Ser.
In 1950s Auckland things are changing - and fast. Women are joining the workforce in numbers, white goods are readily available and the age of rock 'n' roll has arrived.Allie Manaia works the Elizabeth Arden counter at Smith and Caugheys. It's been two years since the Dunbar and Jones fire, where some o ...Show more
Girl of Shadows by Deborah Challinor
36.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Four women transported to a new world were forced to rely only on their wits to survive ...and each other. Can they make their way in Sydney Town? What had they done? What had she and Sarah and Friday done? 1830: Convict girls Friday Woolfe, Harriet Clarke and Sarah Morgan have been transported to Sydne ...Show more
Girl of Shadows (Convict Girls #2) by Deborah Challinor
24.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Convict Girls
The adventures of the transported convict women continue in this stunning sequel to Behind the Sun. Philippa Gregory meets Bryce Courtenay as Sydney's history comes vividly to life. What had they done? What had she and Sarah and Friday done? 1830: Convict girls Friday Woolfe, Harriet Clarke and Sarah Mo ...Show more
Grey Ghosts by Deborah Challinor
38.00 NZD
Category: NZ Military
"We were known to the enemy as 'grey ghosts'. We could be here, and we could be there..." The Grey Ghosts were New Zealand's Vietnam veterans. Their powerful story includes chilling accounts of death, injuries and emotional breakdown, along with the intense comradeship of soldiering, and a pervasive sen ...Show more
Isle of Tears by Deborah Challinor
36.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: very good
A vivid and compelling story of enduring love and divided families from one of our bestselling historical novelists. When armed conflict drives a wedge between Maori and Pakeha, not everyone can choose sides easily. For Isla McKinnon, the choices are bitter. Taken in by local Maori when her parents are ...Show more
Isle of Tears by Deborah Challinor
31.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
A vivid and compelling story of enduring love and divided families from one of our bestselling historical novelists. When armed conflict drives a wedge between Maori and Pakeha, not everyone can choose sides easily. For Isla McKinnon, the choices are bitter. Taken in by local Maori when her parents are ...Show more
Kitty by Deborah Challinor
34.99 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
When eighteen-year-old Kitty CarlisleÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs father dies unexpectedly in Norfolk in 1838, Kitty and her mother are left impoverished. After Kitty is discovered in a compromising position with an unscrupulous adventurer, her reputation is left in shreds. In desperation, her mother banis ...Show more
Kitty by Deborah Challinor
24.99 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
When 18-year-old Kitty Carlisle's father dies in 1838, her mother is left with little more than the possibility of her beautiful daughter making a good marriage. But when Kitty is compromised by an unscrupulous adventurer, her reputation is destroyed. In disgrace, she is banished to the colonies with he ...Show more
Kitty (The Smuggler's Wife #1) by Deborah Challinor
24.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Smuggler's Wife
When 18-year-old Kitty Carlisle's father dies 1838, her suddenly impoverished mother is left with little more than the possibility of her beautiful daughter making a good marriage. But when Kitty is compromised by an unscrupulous adventurer, her reputation is destroyed. In disgrace, she is banished to t ...Show more
Tamar by Challinor, Deborah
24.99 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
When Tamar Deane is orphaned at 17 in a small Cornish village, she seizes her one chance for a new life and emigrates to New Zealand. Alone and frightened on the Plymouth Quay she is befriended by an extraordinary woman. Myrna MacTaggart is also travelling to Auckland, with plans to establish the finest ...Show more
Tamar (Children Of War Trilogy #1) by Deborah Challinor
24.99 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Series: Children of War Trilogy
When Tamar Deane is orphaned at seventeen in a small Cornish village, she seizes the chance for a new life and emigrates to New Zealand. In March 1879, alone and frightened on the Plymouth quay, she is befriended by an extraordinary woman. Myrna McTaggert is travelling to Auckland with plans to establis ...Show more