Shadow of the northern orchid / written by Elizabeth Rimmington
- Bib ID:
- 8034572
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Rimmington, Elizabeth, author
- Description:
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- Gympie, Queensland : Elizabeth Rimmington, 2019
- ©2019
- vi, 466 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBN:
- 9780648525707 (paperback)
- Summary:
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Brisbane 1866. Lucy Dougall dies leaving her four children orphaned. To keep her siblings together, fifteen-year-old Sarah, must now do as her mother had done; provide sexual favours to the landlord in lieu of rent. When ten-year-old Daisy is raped and shortly after commits suicide, Sarah is overwhelmed with self-loathing. It is the proprietor of Millie's Mariner's Rest; Hotel and Lodging who takes the family in and offers Sarah work. Can Millie guide the damaged young girl to maturity? The brothers, Josh and Gus, seek a berth on the Northern Orchid, the ship on which their father was killed six years previously. Life on a coastal trader confronting the challenges of the partially mapped reefs of the Queensland Inner Channel is never dull. A rescue at sea and assisting to repair a compound fractured leg are only some of their experiences as life carves two young men from raw boys. Youngsters like the boys provide prey for two depraved bullies in the crew. A life is lost, another life teeters on the verge of death, another must face the Bowen magistrate. Many who sail on the Northern Orchid believe Jimmy Dougall's ghost still walks the decks.
- Notes:
- NLApp83462
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
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