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Scarlet & Magenta / Lindsey Dawson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: [Auckland, New Zealand] : OutLoudPress, 2016Description: v, 326 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780473341428 (paperback)
Other title:
  • Scarlet and Magenta
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "In the 1880s, misbehaving wives were asking for trouble. Building a raw Bay of Plenty town was hard enough without free-thinking females upsetting local soiciety. Violet comes to Tauranga from London with a scandalous past and an aching heart. She befriends a kindred spirit, Anna, and also catches the eyes of footloose Rupert - rival and rowing mate of Anna's husband. In Victorian pioneer towns, it doesn't do to speak your mind or seek unseemly delights. Angry words are soon flying in banks and bedrooms, with reputations and marriages at risk. There are secrets to keep and lost loved ones to find. Scarlet & Magenta ... reveals the trials and pleasures of colonial life and explores the question of what endures longest - blood ties or friendship"--Publisher's description.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Fiction Davis (Central) Library Fiction Collection Fiction Collection DAWS 2 Checked out 13/04/2024 T00614532
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In the 1880s, misbehaving wives were asking for trouble. Building a raw Bay of Plenty town was hard enough without free-thinking females upsetting local society. Violet comes to Tauranga from London with a scandalous past and an aching heart. She befriends a kindred spirit, Anna, and catches the eye of footloose Rupert - rival and rowing mate of Anna's husband. In pioneer towns, it doesn't do to speak your mind or seek unseemly delights. Angry words are soon flying in banks and bedrooms, with reputations and marriages at risk. There are secrets to keep and lost loved ones to find. Scarlet and Magenta vividly reveals the trials and pleasures of colonial life and explores the question of what lasts longest - blood ties or friendship.

New Zealand author.

"A New Zealand novel about Victorians' deepest secrets"--Cover.

"In the 1880s, misbehaving wives were asking for trouble. Building a raw Bay of Plenty town was hard enough without free-thinking females upsetting local soiciety. Violet comes to Tauranga from London with a scandalous past and an aching heart. She befriends a kindred spirit, Anna, and also catches the eyes of footloose Rupert - rival and rowing mate of Anna's husband. In Victorian pioneer towns, it doesn't do to speak your mind or seek unseemly delights. Angry words are soon flying in banks and bedrooms, with reputations and marriages at risk. There are secrets to keep and lost loved ones to find. Scarlet & Magenta ... reveals the trials and pleasures of colonial life and explores the question of what endures longest - blood ties or friendship"--Publisher's description.

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