Jacaranda Vines
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Jacaranda Vines had been one of the wealthiest corporations in Australia. Now Joseph Witney, the tyrannical head of the family is dead, and Jacaranda Vines is at crisis point. Joseph's widow, Cordelia, is determined not to sell. If she can persuade her granddaughter, Sophie, to change her mind then, together, they might have a hope of winning over the other family members. Sophie agrees at least to accompany her grandmother on a road trip to the Hunter Valley, site of the company's first vineyard. But, in order to get Sophie to understand exactly what she is fighting for, Cordelia must confide both family secrets and ancient history. She begins her story with Rose, a young girl running from her native England hoping to find a new life in the wild unknown of Australia... From the Sussex Downs in the 1830s to modern day Australia, Tamara McKinley's breathtaking novel, Jacaranda Vines, traces the lives of several generations of one unforgettable family.
Author: Tamara McKinley
Format: Paperback, 416 pages, 108mm x 178mm
Published: 2001, Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom
Genre: Romance & Sagas
Description
Jacaranda Vines had been one of the wealthiest corporations in Australia. Now Joseph Witney, the tyrannical head of the family is dead, and Jacaranda Vines is at crisis point. Joseph's widow, Cordelia, is determined not to sell. If she can persuade her granddaughter, Sophie, to change her mind then, together, they might have a hope of winning over the other family members. Sophie agrees at least to accompany her grandmother on a road trip to the Hunter Valley, site of the company's first vineyard. But, in order to get Sophie to understand exactly what she is fighting for, Cordelia must confide both family secrets and ancient history. She begins her story with Rose, a young girl running from her native England hoping to find a new life in the wild unknown of Australia... From the Sussex Downs in the 1830s to modern day Australia, Tamara McKinley's breathtaking novel, Jacaranda Vines, traces the lives of several generations of one unforgettable family.
Jacaranda Vines