Shirley Corlett
Autore di Fire in the sky : the diary of James Collier, Tarawera, 1886
Opere di Shirley Corlett
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Sesso
- female
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Robert Lord Writers Cottage Residency (2005)
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
Premi e riconoscimenti
Statistiche
- Opere
- 10
- Utenti
- 59
- Popolarità
- #280,813
- Voto
- 4.1
- Recensioni
- 3
- ISBN
- 11
- Lingue
- 1
- Preferito da
- 1
I struggled with the story in some ways—the way it’s written (as a diary) is a little far-fetched for me. There’s no WAY the main character would have been able to write as much as is included here! Still, the play-by-play account this book provides gives the historical event a sense of reality, and that’s worth something.
Our family enjoyed this story when I read it aloud to them, and I’m sure this won’t be the last time we read it. Recommended, if you want to learn a piece of New Zealand history in an interesting way!… (altro)