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Family & Fortune
Genres: Historical Fiction
Formats: Ebook, Paperback, Largeprint
When fate dismantles her world, a young woman discovers the strength to build a new life in a wild land.
In tumultuous mid-19th century England, Mary Ann Turner's life transforms irrevocably when her father arranges her marriage to Richard Evans, a former convict seeking redemption in Australia's unforgiving wilderness. Leaving behind the familiar rolling hills of Bedfordshire, Mary Ann embarks on a perilous journey that will test her courage, resilience, and capacity for love.
Against the backdrop of Australia's harsh and beautiful landscape, Mary Ann and Richard forge a life together in Castlemaine, confronting extraordinary challenges that threaten to tear them apart. Pauline Wilson's sweeping historical saga explores the depths of human endurance, the complexity of family bonds, and the remarkable strength required to build a new life in an untamed land.
A powerful, immersive tale of hope and survival.
Reviews
Leearna Shaw on Amazon
Family & Fortune is a richly drawn and impeccably researched novel that explores the trials and challenges of Mary Ann, the author’s three-times great grandmother. Opening in 1800s England, Mary Ann’s life is turned upside down when she is sent to Van Diemans’s Land to marry Richard, a once-convict and now free man trying his luck in the goldfields.
I was captivated by the harsh conditions, the realities of being a woman during that era and the ties that bind families across decades, and Pauline’s ability to immerse the reader in the past is second to none. Loved it!
Pam Willis-Jones on Amazon
Readers transported from pages of book directly into the lives of families involved, sharing their every hardship and success of early life in Australia, a life sometimes heartbreaking but determined to carve a living in harsh reality to thrive and survive the sometimes unforgiving nature of just existing.