The Potato Factory
by Bryce Courtenay | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 1863305319 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 1863305319 Global Overview for this book
Registered by briz-cowgirl of Brisbane, Queensland Australia on 5/30/2008
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
Paperback, 666 pages.
From the back cover:
Mary Abacus, tenacious, spirited and a woman of independent mind, has arrived in her new land under the most onerous of circumstances.
Sometimes mistress of the notorius London criminal, Ikey Solomon, Mary has been transported to Van Diemen's Land for running a bawdy house. She is soon joined on the convict settlement by Ikey and his wife, Hannah, herself a strong-minded woman, consumed by warring passions, a great love for her children and a loathing for her husband and his mistress.
Determined to survive their past and to shape a new future, the two women raise seperate families - one legitimate, the other bastard, and both bearing the name Solomon.
Ruled by Ikey's greed, Hannah's hate and Mary's unswerving ambition, the families ride the brink of disaster as each woman sets out to destroy the other.
The Potato Factory is the first book in a trilogy that spans the short and brilliant history of Australia. Bryce Courtenay's powerful narrative gets closer to the truth of our nation's beginnings - and the strong and independent women who have been its cornerstone - than perhaps any other fictional account. He tells us who we are and where we have come from in a compelling and irresistable story that touches the heart.
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I'm not a huge fan of Bryce Courtenay's books, this one was given to me by a friend with a stack of other books. I simply couldn't get into this story at all, gave up after about 50 pages.
Planning to wild release this one sometime, somewhere...
From the back cover:
Mary Abacus, tenacious, spirited and a woman of independent mind, has arrived in her new land under the most onerous of circumstances.
Sometimes mistress of the notorius London criminal, Ikey Solomon, Mary has been transported to Van Diemen's Land for running a bawdy house. She is soon joined on the convict settlement by Ikey and his wife, Hannah, herself a strong-minded woman, consumed by warring passions, a great love for her children and a loathing for her husband and his mistress.
Determined to survive their past and to shape a new future, the two women raise seperate families - one legitimate, the other bastard, and both bearing the name Solomon.
Ruled by Ikey's greed, Hannah's hate and Mary's unswerving ambition, the families ride the brink of disaster as each woman sets out to destroy the other.
The Potato Factory is the first book in a trilogy that spans the short and brilliant history of Australia. Bryce Courtenay's powerful narrative gets closer to the truth of our nation's beginnings - and the strong and independent women who have been its cornerstone - than perhaps any other fictional account. He tells us who we are and where we have come from in a compelling and irresistable story that touches the heart.
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I'm not a huge fan of Bryce Courtenay's books, this one was given to me by a friend with a stack of other books. I simply couldn't get into this story at all, gave up after about 50 pages.
Planning to wild release this one sometime, somewhere...
Journal Entry 2 by briz-cowgirl at Allessandro Downtown Hostel in Roma, Lazio Italy on Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Released 15 yrs ago (4/25/2009 UTC) at Allessandro Downtown Hostel in Roma, Lazio Italy
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Planning to leave this book somewhere within the hostel, either in or near the lockers, luggage room or kitchen. Hopefully someone will like it more than I did!
Planning to leave this book somewhere within the hostel, either in or near the lockers, luggage room or kitchen. Hopefully someone will like it more than I did!
