The Settling Earth
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (816 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1922200166 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Marriage transplants Sarah thousands of miles from home; a failed love affair forces Phoebe to make drastic choices in a new environment; a sudden, shocking discovery brings Mrs Ellis to reconsider her life as an emigrant-The Settling Earth is a collection of ten, interlinked stories, focusing on the British settler experience in colonial New Zealand, and the settlers' attempts to make sense of life in a strange new land. Sacrifices, conflict, a growing love for the landscape, a recognition of the succour offered by New Zealand to Maori and settler communities-these are themes explored in the book. The final story in the collection, written by Shelly Davies of the Ngtiwai tribe, adds a Maori perspective to the experience of British settlement in their land.
She was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2011, winner of the Fowey Festival of Words and Music Short Story Competition in 2013 (and runner-up in 2014), and has been profiled as part of the University of Leicester's "Grassroutes Project" - a project that showcases the 50 best transcultural writers in the county.The Settling Earth is her second collection of short stories. Rebecca Bur
She was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2011, winner of the Fowey Festival of Words and Music Short Story Competition in 2013 (and runner-up in 2014), and has been profiled as part of the University of Leicester's "Grassroutes Project" - a project that showcases the 50 best transcultural writers in the county.The Settling Earth is her second collection of short stories. Her debut collection, Catching the Barramundi, was published in 2012 - also by Odyssey Books - and was longlisted for the Edge Hill Award in 2013. You can read more about Rebecca at rebecca-burns . About the Author Rebecca Burns is an award-winning writer of short stories, over thirty of wh
"An excellent novel, or collection of related stories" according to Terry Rogers. I've read many stories from Ms Burns now, and I've never been left unsatisfied. She not only puts together a beautifully written paragraph, but, more importantly, she knows how to transport us into the scenes of her stories. I've never physically been to New Zealand, but I have traveled mentally to some areas of the country now, thanks to Ms Burns. Her scene descriptions are just enough, but not too much, to evoke a thorough mental image of the setting at hand. Her psychological drawings are. "The Settling Earth" according to Books & Benches. A Reader's Opinion: Rebecca Burns is a gifted writer of short stories. Within only a few pages, I was drawn into a remarkable setting and the lives of her characters. Painting vivid pictures of New Zealand, I found myself transported to a land I've never visited, but still felt as though I was there. This collection is a quick read, but each story provides the reader with enough depth to connect with the characters and their lives. Interwoven with history, mankind's struggle with itself, sad. Red ribbons This short collection of ten interlinked stories tells of the experiences of the British women who came as settlers to Auckland in New Zealand. From farmer's wife to prostitute, baby-farmer to temperance campaigner, each story stands on its own. But there's a red ribbon running through them, binding these women to each other even when they are unaware of it, their lives as linked as the stories about them. Themes run from story to story, of loneliness and belonging, of motherhood, of the gra