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Seeking Eden

Seeking Eden

by Ann Turnbull
Paperback
Publication Date: 07/06/2012

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The conclusion of Ann Turnbull's epic story of love and the struggle to stay true to what is most important - in spite of parents, society and even the law.

Seeking Eden is the final chapter of Ann Turnbull's long-awaited Quaker trilogy. Will and Susanna Heywood (No Shame, No Fear and Forged in the Fire), now in their thirties, move, with their four children, to Pennsylvania, where freedom of religious thought is everyone's right. This is the story of their eldest child, Josiah, who finds work with George Bainbrigg in the dock area of Philadelphia and falls in love with his daughter, Kate. When they travel to Barbados on business and stay with Friends who are harassed by local laws, Josiah is shocked to learn that Quakers have slaves and that his boss deals in the slave trade. Once they return home, Josiah and Kate try to help two slaves who are in love, Antony and Patience, to attain their freedom - knowing the risks involved may result in lives that are even more unbearable.
ISBN:
9781406325423
9781406325423
Category:
Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
07-06-2012
Publisher:
Walker Books Ltd
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
384
Dimensions (mm):
198x129x27mm
Weight:
0.31kg
Ann Turnbull

Ann Turnbull knew from an early age that she wanted to be a writer. After working as a secretary for many years, Ann returned to studying and started to train as a teacher.

It was then that she rediscovered children's literature and began writing for children herself.

Her first novel was published in 1974 and she is has now written more than thirty books for children and young adults, with shortlistings for the Guardian Children's Book Prize and the Whitbread Children's Book Award.

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