Off to the cold coalfields of 'The Denniston Rose'

In this month's selection we move from the sinister dark halls of the asylum to the miserably cold squelching mud of the coal mines of the bleak West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand during the 1880s. Life above the Denniston Incline is tough on the adults but for the young Rose it is challenging in the extreme.

 

 









 

 

For some background on the author Jenny Pattrick we went to "The New Zealand Book Council". The dreary weather we are experiencing at present provides an ideal backdrop for reading this novel.

 

Don't forget we are meeting earlier this month because of the Annual Mackay Show Holiday.

 

Looking forward to discussing this novel with you all at the Gordon White Library Small Group Meeting Room at 6.00pm on Thursday 18 June.