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What a great read! Good historical fiction pulls you in with character and story and as plot evolves and relationships develop you slowly realize you have learned a lot about a place and time and culture. So it is with The
ReplyDeleteGommock which transports the reader to mid-19th c. Australia and the life of immigrant miners.
The outback setting, the cave like dwellings, the dialect, and the work of copper mining are all unique and fascinating, while the themes of family, love, labor, hopes and dreams are so universal.
I will certainly be recommending The Gommock to others.
Dear Raul – was the Cornish dialect so fascinating? As a child, I despised it. I wanted to talk with a beautiful English voice like Miss Tucker. It was only Harry who taught me tolerance: Harry, who spoke a lingo he’d picked up from all around and which now, it seems, has become the norm. They call it an Aussie accent.
ReplyDeleteWanted to let you know how much I enjoyed reading your book Marie. Effie's life was so interesting and I learnt so much about that time in South Australia. Great that you were able to capture that history in such an accessible way.
ReplyDeleteIt may amaze you to know, Wendy, that I'm still alive and can talk to you without any interference from my author. Glad you could access the early days and find our mine and our city.
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