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The Captive Wife

Fiona Kidman

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Apr 06, 2014 Ali rated it liked it

Shelves: bookclub-read, new-zealand-fic

An interesting read about a specific time in New Zealand history. I was fascinated to read that it was based on a true story of the kidnapping by a Maori chief and the subsequent rescue of Betty Guard and her two children in 1834.

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Jan 14, 2012 Gillian Torckler rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction-dunedin-home-library

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Shelves: historical-fiction, new-zealand-or-new-zealand-author, feminist-or-womens-issues, war-or-post-war, race-racism-civil-rights-issues, cultural-identity, isolation-alienation, marriage-divorce, travel, conformityvsindividuality

May 02, 2025 Susan marked it as to-read

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