When Bronwyn Huguet sails in the Rarotonga from Liverpool in 1945 with five-year-old Tristan to be reunited with her Australian husband Robert in Sydney, she does so with mixed feelings. Her husband is a changed man. He carries a shameful secret from his wartime service in the Merchant Navy.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 280 pages. ex-library book, When Bronwyn Huguet sails in the Rarotonga from Liverpool in 1945 with five-y ear-old Tristan to be reunited with her Australian husband Robert in Sydney, she does so with mixed feelings. Her husband is a changed man. He carries a shamefu. Seller Inventory # 5837y
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Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition, First Printing. NrF/NrF. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, CHRISTOPHER HOLT, on title-page. Inscription reads,'To 'the Grand'/Folkestone. /Every/good wish./Christopher Holt'. The 'Grand' is a hotel on the Leas, Folkestone. The author, Christopher Holt, was born in Devon, England and spent many years in Australia. A novel in which Bronwyn Huguet sails in the 'Rarotonga' from Liverpool in 1946 with five-year-old Tristan to be reunited with her Australian husband Robert in Sydney. She does so with mixed feelings for he carries a shameful secret from his wartime service in the Merchant Navy. She encounters hostility and violence as the family unit breaks down due to Robert's alcohol addiction. Set in Sydney's northern suburbs in the years immediately following the Second World War. Slight lean to spine; else a near fine copy, in a near fine d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf. Signed by The Author. Seller Inventory # 17393
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