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Isle of Tears Kindle Edition

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A vivid and compelling story of enduring love and divided families from one of our bestselling historical novelists.
When armed conflict drives a wedge between Maori and Pakeha, not everyone can choose sides easily. For Isla McKinnon, the choices are bitter. taken in by local Maori when her parents are brutally murdered, she has grown to womanhood and taken a Maori husband. In a thrilling tale of love and loss from the land wars - when simmering tensions between Maori and the encroaching Pakeha settlements exploded into bloody warfare - love and trust are put cruelly to the test. Separated from her husband and her family and restored to Auckland society, Isla must learn to survive in both worlds. Inevitably, she must decide between them, and lose part of her heart forever.

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1 March 2010
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Deborah Challinor has a PhD in history and is the author of thirteen bestselling novels, including the Children of War series, the Convict Girls series and the titles in the Smuggler's Wife series. She has also written one young adult novel and two non-fiction books. In 2018, Deborah was made a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to literature and historical research. She lives in New Zealand with her husband. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B003EY7ILI
Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins (1 March 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 5625 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 416 pages

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Deborah Challinor was born in the Waikato, New Zealand, and currently lives in NSW, Australia, where she is working on four novels set in 1830s Sydney. She has a Ph.D. in history, has written feature articles and an opinion column for a daily New Zealand newspaper, and taught researching and writing historical fiction at university level. All her novels have been bestsellers, six reaching number one in New Zealand. Deborah has also written about the Vietnam war. As well as in New Zealand, her print books are sold in Australia, the UK, Germany, Russia and Czechoslovakia.

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wineblonde

To historical for me

Reviewed in Australia on 9 April 2018

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A book that started with a lot of promise then got carried away with the history in to much detail it took a bit of reading to follow the names of the Maori tribes to hard for easy reading

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Complicated

Reviewed in Canada on 28 October 2017

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I enjoy this author’s novels but found this more of a history lesson on the Maori Wars. Enjoyable but not as easy to read!

Brenda Telford

Historical fiction!

Reviewed in the United States on 27 October 2018

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It was 1860 and Isla McKinnon, her brothers Niel and Jamie and sister Jean had a happy life. Living with their parents on their small farm where they’d been since leaving Scotland, and then four years in Australia, they had little money, but the produce from their farm, and Rosie the cow who supplied them with milk, meant they were content. Until the day the children, and Laddie the dog, were herding Rosie home and heard gunfire; their lives were never the same.

The local Maori, the Ngati Pono tribe, were their saviors when they took the children in, raising them as part of their family. The two youngest, twins, were sheltered by the women while Niel was taught to fight, and Isla as the eldest, matured and blossomed under Mere’s guidance. Tai was an important part of the tribe and his interest in Isla was obvious from the start. But when war was declared between the Maori and the British Colony, lives would once again change irrevocably.

Isle of Tears by Aussie/New Zealand author Deborah Challinor is another fascinating historical fiction novel which I thoroughly enjoyed. Isla is an excellent character, feisty, tough and determined to keep her family safe, while Mere is a gentle woman with a strength of character that made her looked up to by her tribe. A wonderful story which I highly recommend.

Hayley Yorke

A must read historical love story

Reviewed in the United States on 7 May 2022

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A beautiful story with a huge wealth of New Zealand history included. Certainly opened my eyes to what went on here in NZ the 1860’s. Thank you.

Bibliophile

Really good read

Reviewed in the United States on 22 September 2019

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Difficult for someone not versed in New Zealand historical verbiage to get through some names. Once past that, a beautiful story.

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I just loved this book

Reviewed in the United States on 26 June 2015

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I just loved this book, have not found another that can compete. NZ history intertwined with love, family, tradition and war. Great read sorry there is not another to follow. Deborah has written this book well easy follow and if you have read her other books this is s must

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