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Description for The Linnet Bird
Paperback. 'Sheer bliss ! A superb read in every way, exciting, moving, with a fantastic and unpredictable plot. We use that old cliche 'unputdownable' so often that it has little real meaning anymore, but I can assure you I couldn't leave THE LINNET BIRD till I finished it ! It stands alone, proud and beautiful and I finished it with deep regret' LESLEY PEARSE Num Pages: 512 pages, a Format. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 148 x 32. Weight in Grams: 272. Clean copy, some light shelfwear. Good to very good
India, 1839: Linny Gow, a respectable young wife and mother, settles down to write her life story. To outside appearances Linny is the perfect Raj wife: beautiful, gracious, subservient. But appearances can be very deceptive ...
Born into direst poverty in Liverpool, Linny escapes the life of prostitution her stepfather has forced her into, transforms herself into a young lady, and escapes to India, where the British Raj is in its infancy. There she will find heartache and suffering, but also true love and - perhaps most precious of all - freedom.
But how did Linny ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Headline
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780755322923
SKU
KST0029107
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Linda Holeman
Linda Holeman is the author of the internationally bestselling historical novels The Linnet Bird, The Moonlit Cage, In a Far Country, and The Saffron Gate, as well as a number of other works of fiction and short fiction. The Moonlit Cage was chosen by Amnesty International UK as one of their 'ten great books on human rights'. Her novels have ... Read more
Reviews for The Linnet Bird
A stirring tale of one woman's search for personal fulfilment
Woman & Home
This is a sweeping, unputdownable saga (think The Thorn Birds and Gone with the Wind) that you'll probably want to tell all your friends about
Woman
Linny's talent for survival makes for compulsive reading. This Canadian writer's first adult novel succeeds in being ... Read more
Woman & Home
This is a sweeping, unputdownable saga (think The Thorn Birds and Gone with the Wind) that you'll probably want to tell all your friends about
Woman
Linny's talent for survival makes for compulsive reading. This Canadian writer's first adult novel succeeds in being ... Read more