It’s such a mouthful, I wish there was a simpler word for it – but I find by digging into the social aspects of the past I understand more of how New Zealand developed as a nation.
PNCL: What inspired you to write your latest book, Elinor? My favourite past-time is delving into the past, looking at old photos, reading old newspapers and discovering those who shaped our world. Fortunately, I love to cook, but I love words more. I’m also a genealogist, antique lover, wife, mother, grandmother, and all-round nosy parker. PNCL: Hi Vicky, please tell us a bit about yourself? We had a chat with Vicky to get the conversation started: Delve into the riveting experiences of a young British soldier in war-torn New Zealand and after, where Daniel, as patriarch and the father of World War One conscientious objectors, faces natural disasters, endures family tragedies and witnesses the birth of a nation. The Disenchanted Soldier is inspired by the true story of Daniel Adin, a British soldier fighting in the New Zealand Wars of 1864. A wander around the cemetery will tell its own tale, or you could read her first book, The Disenchanted Soldier. Many descendants still live in the area today. She married into a family who first came to Foxton in the 1860s. Can she also find love again?"- Back page.Vicky has many connections with the Manawatū. She learns about the art world linking these places, finds new family, forges new friendships and exposes secrets that change her life. She embarks on a journey to Cornwall and Florence, one of discovery and personal renewal, following in the footsteps of the journal's author. But who is the author? Raised in New Zealand by her grandmother, Megan knows nothing about her past. The parcel contains a journal written a century earlier, and with it comes a strange request. The world awaiting her is full of contradictions -confusion, disappointment, delight. It jolts her out of her cloistered world and gives her new strength. On the anniversary of his death, still heartbroken and disconsolate, Megan receives a mysterious package from Cornwall. "Megan's world is destroyed when her husband of over thirty years dies unexpectedly.
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