Not the Same Sky by Evelyn Conlon

Not the Same Sky by Evelyn Conlon

By 1848 famine has ravaged Ireland, and London remains undecided about what to do. A shortage of female labour in Australia offers a kind of solution and so, over the following two years, more than 4000 Irish girls are shipped across vast oceans to an unimaginable world in the new colony. On Sunday 28 October 1849, one of these ships, the Thomas Arbuthnot, sets sail from Plymouth with a cargo of girls under the care of Surgeon-superintendent Charles Strutt. Not the Same Sky tells the story of Honora, Julia, Bridget and Anne. It observes them on the voyage, examining their relationship of trust with Charles Strutt, and follows them from Sydney as they become women of Australia, negotiating their new lives as best they can. A stark, poetic intensity gives these young women historical importance and human presence in an elegant and subtle novel suffused with humour.

Conlon, Evelyn: - Evelyn Conlon is one of Ireland's most esteemed and best-loved writers. As well as a novelist she is a short-story writer and occasional essayist. Born in Ireland, she lived for a number of years in Australia and travelled extensively there and in Asia. She has edited four anthologies including Cutting the Night in Two. She has been writer in residence in numerous places, including Dublin City Libraries, University College Dublin, Jerusalem, and St. Paul, Minnesota. Skin of Dreams was shortlisted for Irish Novel of the Year; the title story of her collection Taking Scarlet as a Real Colour was performed at the Edinburgh Theatre Festival. Her novel Not the Same Sky was published by Wakefield Press, Australia in 2013. She has published four novels and three collections of short stories, has been widely anthologised, and her works have been translated into many languages including Tamil and Chinese. She is a member of Aosdana, an association of Ireland's most important and respected artists, and lives in Dublin.

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ISBN 13	9781743052426
ISBN 10	1743052421
Title	Not the Same Sky
Author	Evelyn Conlon
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Wakefield Press
Year published	2013-07-30
Number of pages	272
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