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This Golden Land

By: Barbara Wood
Narrated by: Vanessa Labrie
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Summary

A sweeping historical saga of Australia and a love story of one determined young woman who must choose between the two devoted men she loves.

Eighteen-year-old Hannah Conroy has always dreamed of following in her father's footsteps as a healer. But in 19th-century England, the medical profession is closed to women. She sees midwifery as a back door into that world, but her fledgling career is crushed by personal tragedy. Seeking to escape a possible murder conviction in England, Hannah's world is turned upside down as she boards a boat bound for Melbourne. Young and naïve, with some laboratory notes and a handful of medical instruments, she hopes Australia is a place of a new beginning and a fresh start, a place where she can begin a midwife practice. Arriving during a period of enormous change in Australia, Hannah faces a myriad of challenges. Not only must she fight for acceptance as a medical professional, but she also falls in love with and must decide between two men: an American photographer seeking a new life in Australia, and a rowdy outlaw fleeing arrest. This Golden Land presents a love story that neither time nor distance can erase.

©2012 Barbara Wood (P)2016 Cherry Hill Publishing, LLC
Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Romance England Midwife
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Enjoyable and flowing story

An easy listen with a good flow of the storytelling, and always interesting to follow a story with many women-characters with depth, a touch of magic and romance wowen into it as well as a message of finding purpose.

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