New Zealand novel
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FROM: Suzanne Booker <[removed]@yahoo.ca>
REC'D: 1/13/04, 3:51 PM
1. Set in/near Auckland, New Zealand
2. Main character is named Rosie
3. Three men are leading idyllic manly lives on a
parcel of land. One of the men dies and the woman,
Rosie, inherits. She takes over the land in a very
assertive way and disrupts the lives of the men as
well--ultimately with positive effects.
Anyone?
Thanks,
Susie
Spokane Public Library
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FROM: Molly Williams <[removed]@waterborolibrary.org>
REC'D: 1/13/04, 4:09 PM
SOLE SURVIVOR by Derek Hansen
When Rosie Trethewey -- disillusioned doctor turned market researcher
-- unexpectedly inherits a shack on the remote northern tip of New
Zealand's Great Barrier Island, she decides it's time to begin a new
life. She arrives at her new home to find she has two neighbors sharing
the wilderness. One is Red O'Hara, traumatized by horrific wartime
experiences working on the Burma railway as a P.O.W. of the Japanese.
The other is Angus McLeod, a retired policeman, who has fled from a
society he sees as soft and contemptible. Both are, in different ways,
survivors.
"Rosie's sudden appearance panics Red and Angus. Both of them fear she
will disrupt their neatly ordered lives. And they're right. Tough,
smart, and practical, Rosie soon turns the lives of Red and Angus upside
down, reawakening in Red feelings he has been repressing for years, and
in Angus, feelings he has hardly ever acknowledged.
"As Red, Angus, and Rosie work out their relationship -- and as Red and
Rosie gradually come to grips with the fact that they may just possibly
love each other -- an unexpected threat draws them closer together: the
depredations of a big Japanese trawler threaten to destroy their food
supply and their environment. As they go to sea in a desperate attempt
to prevent the rape of their island paradise, this extraordinary novel
of survival and love moves toward a blazing finale that will remind many
readers of The African Queen .
~ Molly Wms.
--
Molly Williams, Volunteer Web-Tender,
Waterboro Public Library (Maine): http://www.waterborolibrary.org/
... WPL Weblog: http://www.waterborolibrary.org/blog.htm
Suzanne Booker wrote:
>Hi - I have a patron looking for a novel she read at
>least 4 years ago. Here's the description:
>
>1. Set in/near Auckland, New Zealand
>2. Main character is named Rosie
>3. Three men are leading idyllic manly lives on a
>parcel of land. One of the men dies and the woman,
>Rosie, inherits. She takes over the land in a very
>assertive way and disrupts the lives of the men as
>well--ultimately with positive effects.
>
>Anyone?
>
>Thanks,
>Susie
>Spokane Public Library
>
>
FROM: Suzanne Booker <[removed]@yahoo.ca>
REC'D: 1/13/04, 4:42 PM
--- Molly Williams <[removed]@waterborolibrary.org> a
écrit : > Sounds like this one:
>
> SOLE SURVIVOR by Derek Hansen
>
> When Rosie Trethewey -- disillusioned doctor turned
> market researcher
> -- unexpectedly inherits a shack on the remote
> northern tip of New
> Zealand's Great Barrier Island, she decides it's
> time to begin a new
> life. She arrives at her new home to find she has
> two neighbors sharing
> the wilderness. One is Red O'Hara, traumatized by
> horrific wartime
> experiences working on the Burma railway as a P.O.W.
> of the Japanese.
> The other is Angus McLeod, a retired policeman, who
> has fled from a
> society he sees as soft and contemptible. Both are,
> in different ways,
> survivors.
>
> "Rosie's sudden appearance panics Red and Angus.
> Both of them fear she
> will disrupt their neatly ordered lives. And they're
> right. Tough,
> smart, and practical, Rosie soon turns the lives of
> Red and Angus upside
> down, reawakening in Red feelings he has been
> repressing for years, and
> in Angus, feelings he has hardly ever acknowledged.
>
> "As Red, Angus, and Rosie work out their
> relationship -- and as Red and
> Rosie gradually come to grips with the fact that
> they may just possibly
> love each other -- an unexpected threat draws them
> closer together: the
> depredations of a big Japanese trawler threaten to
> destroy their food
> supply and their environment. As they go to sea in a
> desperate attempt
> to prevent the rape of their island paradise, this
> extraordinary novel
> of survival and love moves toward a blazing finale
> that will remind many
> readers of The African Queen .
>
>
> ~ Molly Wms.
>
> --
> Molly Williams, Volunteer Web-Tender,
> Waterboro Public Library (Maine):
> http://www.waterborolibrary.org/
> ... WPL Weblog:
> http://www.waterborolibrary.org/blog.htm
>
>
> Suzanne Booker wrote:
>
> >Hi - I have a patron looking for a novel she read
> at
> >least 4 years ago. Here's the description:
> >
> >1. Set in/near Auckland, New Zealand
> >2. Main character is named Rosie
> >3. Three men are leading idyllic manly lives on a
> >parcel of land. One of the men dies and the woman,
> >Rosie, inherits. She takes over the land in a very
> >assertive way and disrupts the lives of the men as
> >well--ultimately with positive effects.
> >
> >Anyone?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Susie
> >Spokane Public Library
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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