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Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Sagas
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- Paperback Sep 1, 2010 | 9780340954065 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
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Hodder & Stoughton
- Paperback Sep 1, 2010 | 9780340954065 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Aug 1, 2019 | 9781529385717 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jul 22, 2010 | 9781444711585 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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Hodder & Stoughton
- Paperback Sep 1, 2010 | 9780340954065 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Aug 1, 2019 | 9781529385717 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jul 22, 2010 | 9781444711585 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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Set in the Swan River colony in the 1860s, this is saga storytelling at its finest.
Cassandra Blake has raised her three motherless sisters. The girls are the pride of their book-loving, impractical father, and not in a hurry to marry. Then the American Civil War cuts off supplies of cotton to Lancashire, the mills fall silent and there is no work. There is a stark choice: stay and risk starvation or pack up and begin again elsewhere.
Cassandra has fallen in love with Reece Gregory, but he can't support a wife. When he's given the chance to start a new life in Western Australia, he seizes the opportunity, promising to send for her.
Then an old feud tears the family apart. Cassandra is kidnapped and her sisters are forced to sail with a group of desperate cotton lasses to Fremantle. Penniless and alone, Cassandra is determined to find them again - but when she is offered a way, there is a painful price to pay.
Praise for Farewell to Lancashire
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A compelling read. - Sun on FREEDOM'S LAND
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Impressive grasp of human emotions. - The Sunday Times
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Anna Jacobs' books are deservedly popular. She is one of the best writers of Lancashire sagas around. - Historical Novels Review
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Jacobs excels at creating vivid, memorable characters. - Booklist USA
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Vivid insight into family relationships - Coventry Evening Telegraph
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A gripping storyteller. - Sunday Star Times, Auckland, NZ
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This is a fascinating insight into a piece of Australia's history that receives little attention. - Newcastle Herald , Australia - FREEDOM'S LAND
Anna Jacobs
Anna Jacobs grew up in Lancashire and emigrated to Australia, but still visits the UK regularly to see her family and do research, something she loves. She is addicted to writing and figures she'll have to live to be 120 at least to tell all the stories that keep popping up in her imagination and nagging her to write them down. She's also addicted to her own hero, to whom she's been happily married for many years.
She is the bestselling author of over ninety novels and has been shortlisted for several awards, and Pride of Lancashire won the Australian Romantic Book of the Year Award in 2006.
You can find out more on her website, www.annajacobs.com or on her Facebook page, www.facebook.com/Anna.Jacobs.Books.
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