Turning the tide series by Carol Preston
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Mary's Guardian, by Carol Preston
$19.95
Carol Preston uses historical research and real characters to create an understanding of life as a convict.
William is transported to Australia, after years on the streets. Clinging to the hope of a better life, he looks for possibility in an unknown country.
But being a convict isn't easy. When William finds and surprises young Mary with a proposal, their life together begins.
Their journey from convict to family life is anything but happily ever after. Through grief, floods, triumphs, friendships, love and faith they grow in the harsh new country.
A fictionalised story based on actual events and characters in early settler history.
Charlotte's Angel, by Carol Preston
A child growing up in uncontrollable and awkward circumstances, Charlotte Plumb must learn to strive for more than the legacy her mother leaves her.
Thomas Douglass, is a strong, determined and caring young man. Rescuing Charlotte drives him on, but will they find love living as children of ex-convicts?
With sadness and grief, joy and new birth, mystery, murder and romance the Douglass and Plumb families will intertwine over twenty years.
$19.95
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About Carol:
Carol was born in Lithgow, NSW in 1948, and moved to the Illawarra at the age of five. When she left school at aged 15 she became a ladies’ hairdresser. In 1967 she married Neil Preston in Wollongong, where their two children, Tammy and Adam were born.
Carol returned to study in 1976, and completed a PhD at Wollongong University in 1986, publishing numerous academic articles in psychological journals during that time. She is now in part time private counselling practice. Carol enjoys spending time with her children and four grandchildren, as well as bushwalking gardening and holidaying overseas with her husband. One of her hobbies over many years has been family history research. It was this research which started Carol on the journey of writing novels. She has great admiration for the lives of her ancestors in Australia and has greatly enjoyed writing novels based on their stories and the inspiring history of the Australian people. She has written a trilogy about the Oakes Family; Suzannah’s Gold, Rebecca’s Dream and The Price of Peace, which takes the reader from 1838 when her great great grandmother, Suzannah Casey was transported from Ireland, through to the end of the First World War. Carol’s fourth novel, The Face of Forgiveness, is about two young Irish women who were transported to Australia in 1839 where they face two very different futures. Mary’s Guardian and Charlotte’s Angel are Carol’s fifth and sixth novels. These begin a series which begins with the First Fleet of convicts to Australian in 1788 and focuses on the fate of those who were Australia’s first white settlers. These are published by Even Before Publishing. For more information about Carol’s books and her other interests she can be contacted on her website: www.carolpreston.com.au