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    Mr Peacock's Possessions: THE TIMES Book of the Year

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    A family of settlers from New Zealand are the sole inhabitants of a remote volcanic island. For two years they have struggled with the harsh reality of trying to make this unforgiving place a paradise they can call their own.
    ISBN: 9781471403699
    AuthorSyson, Lydia
    PublisherNameHot Key Books
    Pub Date21/03/2019
    BindingPaperback
    Pages432
    Availability: In Stock

    'Intelligent, beautifully written'
    The Times

    'Historical fiction fans, meet your new favourite author'
    Stella Magazine

    'Beautifully written, immaculately researched and powerfully imagined'
    Lancashire Evening Post


    Oceania, 1879. For two years the Peacocks, a determined family of settlers, have struggled to make a remote volcanic island their home. At last, a ship appears. The six Pacific Islanders on board have travelled over eight hundred miles in search of new horizons. Hopes are high, until a vulnerable boy vanishes.

    In their search for the lost child, settlers and newcomers together uncover far more than they were looking for. The island's secrets force young Lizzie Peacock to question her deepest convictions, and slowly this tiny, fragile community begins to fracture . . .

    An intimate, intense and beautifully realised novel of possession, power and the liberating loss of innocence, this will delight fans of MISTER PIP and THE POISONWOOD BIBLE.

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    'Intelligent, beautifully written'
    The Times

    'Historical fiction fans, meet your new favourite author'
    Stella Magazine

    'Beautifully written, immaculately researched and powerfully imagined'
    Lancashire Evening Post


    Oceania, 1879. For two years the Peacocks, a determined family of settlers, have struggled to make a remote volcanic island their home. At last, a ship appears. The six Pacific Islanders on board have travelled over eight hundred miles in search of new horizons. Hopes are high, until a vulnerable boy vanishes.

    In their search for the lost child, settlers and newcomers together uncover far more than they were looking for. The island's secrets force young Lizzie Peacock to question her deepest convictions, and slowly this tiny, fragile community begins to fracture . . .

    An intimate, intense and beautifully realised novel of possession, power and the liberating loss of innocence, this will delight fans of MISTER PIP and THE POISONWOOD BIBLE.