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This is another well written b by this author. The plot is so good I could hardly put the book down. The many characters are well described and defined. The various lives of so many all crossing paths with one another. I was never bored. I cannot wait to read the next book in this captivating series. Highly recommend to readers of historical fiction and women's books.


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In the Land of the Long White Cloud In the Land of the Long White Cloud saga Book 1 eBook Sarah Lark DW Lovett Reviews

I just loved this Trilogy. I had not read a Historical Fiction Book for so long and this was just perfect. It mainly takes place in New Zealand and of course there is the wonderful family of the Historical Fiction. The characters were all quite different in what they wanted to do with their life and it was still the thing to go to War and some did and go to college was a little new for them but some went. I think Sarah Lark is a wonderful author and she can really weave a story in and out and make it continue with interest in 3 books. Another thing is it was so easy to read and remember all of the characters in the books. Thank you for recommending this Trilogy.Fluffy
The idea behind this first volume is OK, tracing two women's adjustments to very different social circumstances in their new southern home land.
The narrative drags through detail that should have been edited out.
The familiarity of the author with details of New Zealand environmental history is questionable.
The translator has used Americanisms, such as drapes for curtains, and translations of Maori words that belie the authenticity of any research the author may have conducted. Thus its place as a historical novel is questionable.
Women didn't have a lot of choice in the direction of their lives in mid nineteenth century England. Helen Davenport was working as a tutor when a notice in her church bulletin led her to accept a marriage proposal to an unknown sheep farmer in New Zealand. Gwyneira Silkham's future was determined when her father lost a hand of cards to a self proclaimed sheep baron also from the Christchurch area of New Zealand. These women's lives were tied together from the time they set foot on the ship that transported them to their new homes.

Marrying a gentleman in a newly settled English colony had seemed exciting and romantic to both ladies. It was only after they left the ship that they realised how little they were prepared for the hardships of living in such a new colony. Distances between farms was huge, communication was as fast as a horse could travel. Both women had to chose whether to embrace their Maori neighbours and learn their language, about their culture and beliefs or to follow their husbands lead and treat them at best as hired help.

I feel that Gwyn and Helen reacted very much as women of that time period. Once they arrived in New Zealand, they had little choice but to accept their circumstances and make the best of them. We spend a lot of time with Gwyn, her husband Lucas and Helen and learn lots about them. We see the three of them learn and grown from the situations they find them selves in. .

I have an affection for anything kiwi and this book was no exception. I read it compulsively. I loved the glowing descriptions of the breath taking country side as well as the gritty ones of the towns and roads. Of course, you can't tell a story of this time period of New Zealand without talking about sheep. They are central to this tale. Yes, there are sheep and all that goes with them, but it doesn't overwhelm the entire story. Author Sarah Lark has a good balance between the storyline of the people and the sheep talk and tied them together well.

While reading this book, I did feel a distance between the author and the tale. It seemed that it was a story written by someone who had never been to New Zealand and that she was only imagining what it would be like to stand on it's soil, to view a flock of sheep on a hill, or to crest a peak and view the land unfolding below her. Whether author Sarah Lark has visited Christchurch or this connection was lost due to the work of the translator D. W. Lovett, it was still a captivating read which I very much enjoyed.

The story continues in Song of the Spirits and then in Call of the Kiwi.

Sarah Lark is a pen name of Christiane Gohl. She also publishes under Ricarda Jordan and Elisabeth Rotenberg.
I began really enjoying this book but the further I read, the more I realised that for an historical novel, the author did not manage to portray the era with complete authenticity in the way she writes. The characters were speaking in current style language and this is very disconcerting when it is supposed to be New Zealand in the mid 1800s. Naturally the novel would not be readable if the language was totally Victorian, but American useage such as 'blown away', "playful lace curtains" does not give the novel historical credibility.
The author has done some good research on sheep farming in New Zealand but there are also numerous things that are not historically correct, including.......New Zealand in those days used Pounds, not dollars for the currency, New Zealanders do not say "fall"- autumn is the correct terminology. As it was a mainly Scottish and British Colony, coffee was not common as most people drank tea. NB Not just Americans download books from but people such as me, an Australian who frequently visits our close neighbour New Zealand, do too.

I have been reading historical novels all my life and like many fans of this genre, like the novel to reflect the chosen era with more attention to historically correct detail. Sarah Lark's writing flows well and her style is good. I will be looking for more of her novels in the future.
This is another well written b by this author. The plot is so good I could hardly put the book down. The many characters are well described and defined. The various lives of so many all crossing paths with one another. I was never bored. I cannot wait to read the next book in this captivating series. Highly recommend to readers of historical fiction and women's books.