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(2), travel (2), Indian Partition (2), Early 20th century (2), World War II (2), Set in Australia (2), resolution (2), marriage (2), mid nineteenth century. (1), the Burma Campaign (1), Governor's Bay (1), Lyttelton Harbour (1), added extra vegetables to diet (1), New Zealand Historical (1), Novel set in and around Manchester UK (1), the struggles of war (1), Historical novel set in Singapore and Malaya (then one country) (1), Historical novel set in the South Pacific (1), Historical novel based on fact (1), reducing meat intake (1), Japan Korea 20th Century Historical Fiction (1), pioneers in a new land (1), Historial novel prior to and during World War 2. (1), Charity Norman now lives and is writing in New Zealand. Keen to read other books she has written. (1), which I did not finish. (1), Started reading 28/08/2016 (1), completed 24/09/2016. Enjoyable read which took a while to get into (1), but will now read the second novel in the trilogy. (1), I enjoyed this book more than another of hers I started reading a while ago (1), but persevered to the end. (1), Tara's Fortune then Tara's Destiny (1), 1930's and 1940's (1), Commencing in Whitechapel (1), London in the 1960's this is a long (700 pages) novel based on the life of Tara. It is an interesting reflection on the era and moves around England to include rural settings. Unlike most of the other Lesley Pearse novels I have read (1), I found this a little tedious (1), World War 11 Belfast and Northern Ireland. American troops also stationed there. Final of trilogy. Family life (1), Did not finish this book. Found it unappealing and drawn out. Read to page 343 of 501 in the large-print edition I borrowed from the library (1), Historical novel England 1950's (1), first in series of four books (1), Concentration Camp atrocities. USA (1), fundraising for the war effort. (1), joys and sorrows. 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(1), set in England 1945 to 1948 (1), fictional story based on the first English hospital to become an NHS (National Health Service) following World War 2. (1), Historical novel set in England from 1949 (1), just prior to commencement of World War 2 (1), the first from June 1943 and the second from September 2006 (1), Set in two periods in the UK (1), children growing up in the Wellington region (1), late 1960's and early 1970's (1), and neighbouring suburbs located along the Hutt River (1), Memoir of a New Zealand born writer (1), set in New Zealand and England (1), District Nursing in the East End of London (1), mid 1950's to near present day (1), set in Ireland and New Zealand and other locations (1), Aboriginal history and art (1), education failure (1), Historical (late 19th century) (1), the running of the bulls (1), searching one's roots. A strong musical theme introducing renowned musicians and composers of the 19th century. (1), A true story set in New Zealand from 1939 (1), America - Texas and California (1), some passages imagined as beyond her recall (1), based on events of the author's early life (1), With original illustrations by Mabel Lucie Attwell (1), Elizabeth Bowes Lyon later Queen Elizabeth wife of King George VI (1), Set in England and USA (1), light-hearted easy read set in England (1), The French Resistance "La Resistance" (1), historic homestead (1), devotion to their farm stock (1), spouse of Queen Elizabeth II (1), set mostly in Cornwall England (1), Present day 21st century and historical early 20th century (1), love and loss. 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