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The Colour - Rose Tremain

 
Description: ISBN 0099425157 / Author: Rose Tremain / Genre: Fiction / Fabulous historical novel set against the background of the gold rush in New ... more
The Colour - Rose Tremain ... Zealand in the mid-19th century. 'The colour' is miners' slang for gold.

Newest Review: ... something with her life and for Lillian, (Joseph’s mother) it was something she had felt pressured into as she was a widow ... more

 ... without means. Their approach to life ‘out there’ reflected their reasons for being there. And so; life went on for a while with various problems besetting them until Joseph, having found a small amount of gold dust on his land, went chasing the colour. Then life went on again in a slightly different guise. Lillian eventually died and Harriet followed her man but mainly out of duty; to tell him of his mother’s death and that she did not want to be married to him any more. Joseph had also decided he longer wanted...more

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hecateh
Premium Review The Colour - Rose Tremain: only one colour (472 words)
by - written on 23/06/06 (Useful, 348 readings)
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This book was recommended to me and I obtained the book through the ReadItSwapIt site but probably wouldn’t have bothered had I had to pay for it. The book opened with Joseph, Harriet (his wife) and Lillian (his Mother) Blackstone’s arrival in New Zealand having come out to make a new life. Joseph, a man who had never felt ‘good enough’ was escaping his past, both his mundane existence at home and some sort of scandal, to which we were not privy, at this stage. For Harriet, the move was an adventure and an opportunity to do something with her life and for Lillian, (Joseph’s mother) it was something she had felt pressured into as she was a widow without ...  Read the complete review

sunmeilan
Premium Review Panning for gold in New Zealand (795 words)
by - written on 09/03/06 (Very useful, 176 readings)
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Introduction I borrowed this book from a friend a year ago after she and the book group she belongs to strongly recommended it. It didn't really seem like my sort of book, but started it, only to give up after a few chapters. I just couldn't seem to bring myself to care about what happened to the main characters. Last week, after my friend asked for the book back, I tried reading it again, and this time, once I had got through the first few chapters, there was no looking back and I really enjoyed reading it. The author Rose Tremain was born in London in 1943 and was educated at the Sorbonne and at the University of East Anglia. She has written ...  Read the complete review

 

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