Captain Starlight's Apprentice by Kathryn Heyman

Captain Starlight's Apprentice by Kathryn Heyman

This work tells the story of two women living very different, heroic lives in two very different Australias. Jess, sold by her father and circus-raised, is a stunt-rider who can outride any man. In the early days of film, she finds her calling, playing wild outlaw women who answer to no-one. However, when her Chinese circus-owner husband is killed she is left pregnant and vulnerable and, after enormous betrayal, finds herself closer to the outlaw's life than she had ever imagined. A generation later, Rose, heavily pregnant, migrates to Australia. But the new country is not all that she had hoped and neither is motherhood. Very quickly, she finds herself estranged from those she loves, incarcerated and terrified. As Rose's hope unravels it is clear that neither woman's story will be finished until they find a way of helping each other recover their loss, and to discover hope in the midst of their disrupted lives. With these wonderfully heroic protagonists, making a world for themselves despite the toughness of their environment and the cruellest twists of fate, Kathryn Heyman, author of the acclaimed "The Accomplice", has created a a superbly-written, unique novel of remarkable deeds and extraordinary lives.

Kathryn Heyman grew up in Australia where she worked as an actor, playwright and, briefly, a deckhand. She lives with her partner and two children in New South Wales.

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ISBN 13	9780755302178
ISBN 10	0755302176
Titel	Captain Starlight's Apprentice
Autor	Kathryn Heyman
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Headline Publishing Group
Erscheinungsjahr	2006-05-01
Seitenanzahl	256
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.
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