Dancing to Her Own Tune
Long-listed in the Historical Fiction Company Competition 2022
With deeply scarred hearts, Annie and Sam need answers
Sydney 1790s to England 1830s
Annie White is released after serving seven years as a convict in Sydney. She gets a visitor who, with his help, she can start a baking business. She is then asked to assist another sick man.
Sam Corbett. Annie nurses him back to health, and a relationship develops. They settle into a life together, barely making ends meet; she realises she's expecting a child. Sam has his past laid bare and must adjust to the revelations. They both must face their accusers and find that the answers to their questions are not what they expected. Their life experiences seem to cling to them, and unable to shake it they finally end up back in England, facing their ghosts and discovering they are not who they think they are. How can they turn their anger and spite into love and forgiveness?
The Dance of Life goes on. What will Annie and Sam discover about their convoluted pasts? *****
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' is a clean colonial convict historical fiction story in the 'Unlikely Convict Ladies Trilogy' that takes you back to a simpler time when simply surviving was a battle won.
If you love Australian Colonial history, you will love Sara Powter's '
, ' an absorbing tale of love and survival in the face of adversity.
Buy 'Dancing to Her Own Tune' to find out how they untangle the web of deceit and lies that surround them.