Odyssey
The Tides Between
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1841. Fifteen-year-old Bridie Stewart is emigrating from England to Australia with her pregnant mother and dimwitted but dependable stepfather. Bridie still grieves for her ...Read Review
The Bishop’s Girl
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Outside a French village after the First World War, workers open a grave, intent on sending its occupant home to York. Inside is ...Read Review
The Water of Life (Uisge Beatha)
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In 1996, John MacPhearson, the proprietor of Toronto’s poshest Scotch bar, tastes a dram of whisky from the old-fashioned bottle offered to him ...Read Review
Nursing Fox
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In 1914, 21-year-old student nurse Lucy Paignton-Fox arrives home to her family’s cattle station in Australia’s Northern Territory. Although she is about ...Read Review
The Settling Earth
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Here, Ms. Burns presents a collection of short stories, each one featuring a British émigré that must grapple with the harsh realities of ...Read Review
