Extra copy purchased recently from the Animal Aid op-shop in Dorset Road for themed or local release.

From back cover:

"Mary Abacus, tenacious, spirited and a woman of independent mind, has arrived in her new land under the most onerous of circumstances.

Sometime mistress of the notorious London criminal, Ikey Solomon, Mary has been transported to Van Dieman'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 separate 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 each other."

Book has been neatly covered to protect it on it's journey, with a 'Travelling Book' sticker on the front.

Too late for the MeetUp, and dismayed to find no books available.

So after a leisurely, late lunch, book left with the newspapers on inside bench seat at around 2.20pm Saturday, March 12 2011.

#1 of the 'Celebrate the Irish' release challenge for St Patrick's day 2011.

Slainte !