Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter [electronic resource] : A Stylist and Woman & Home Top Pick
Pook, Lizzie2022
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'Beautifully written, unflinching and brimming with adventure' – Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne and Elektra 'Immersive storytelling, a rollicking mystery and a take-no-prisoners heroine' – Stylist 1896, Bannin Bay, Australia. When British pearl-boat captain Charles Brightwell goes missing out at sea, rumours of mutiny and murder swell within the bay's dens and back alleys. Only his headstrong daughter, Eliza, refuses to believe her father is dead, and sets out on a dangerous journey to uncover the truth. But in a town teeming with corruption, prejudice, and blackmail, Eliza soon learns that the answers she seeks might cost more than pearls. How much is she willing to sacrifice to find them? 'Both a breathtaking adventure story and a moving testimony to the lengths we go to for the people we love, it swept me away from the first page' – Emma Stonex, author of The Lamplighters Times Best Historical Fiction Pick A Woman & Home Best Book Stylist Top Pick Shortlisted for the HWA Debut Crown Award and the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize Compelling, fiercely feminist, and atmospheric, Lizzie Pook's Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter is a truly mesmerising novel.
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Pook, Lizzie, Author
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[Place of publication not identified] : Pan Macmillan, 2022
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Lizzie Pook is an author and award-winning journalist and travel writer whose work has appeared in The Sunday Times, Lonely Planet, Rough Guides, Condé Nast Traveller and more. Her first novel, Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter, was shortlisted for the HWA Debut Crown Award and the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, and longlisted for the Author's Club Best First Novel Award. Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge is her second novel. She lives in London.
ISBN:
9781529072860
Language:
English
BRN:
2815295
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