bookshelves: paper-read, summer-2015, new-zealand, lit-richer, historical-fiction, drilling-mining-digging, treasure, published-2003, migrant-experience, victoriana, colonial-overlords Read from March 06 to July 21, 2015 Description: Newlyweds Joseph and Harriet Blackstone emigrate from England...
I had a rough time with this one, I just could not get into the story of a young woman making the trek from England to New Zealand, and getting involved in a gold rush. Great descriptive writing, but -- oh well.