Summary: "Fir, Oak and Fern"
Ross Richdale
( Originally released as an ebook entitled Liberty & Opportunity.
Updated and re-edited.)
Fir, Oak and Fern is the heart-warming saga of four forthright,
liberal women, spanning five generations, three continents,
two world wars, and one hundred years. As you read through
the women's diaries and listen to their stories, you will
see through your own eyes what it was like to be them and
to live as they did. They will become so real, you will feel
as though you have known them all their lives.
The story begins in 1898 with Amanda's elopement with
her beloved Jack and her struggle to survive and prosper
away from her domineering father. The two begin a new life
in Vancouver, Canada where, over the years, she develops
a publishing empire. Her daughter, Dorothy, falls in love
with a soldier about to be charged for desertion from the
trenches in the Western Front. Will he be court-martialled
and shot? And what is the "legacy" that runs as a thread throughout
the novel?
Each generation is filled with drama, joy, and sometimes
tragedy, but vividly illustrates the determination of each
woman to enrich her life through love of partners and families
and liberal outlook on life.
Ross Richdale, writes in detail, giving you a bird's-eye
view of every event. His descriptions of events and scenery
from snowy firs of Canada, through English country lanes
with their oaks and onto to the fern in the New Zealand bush,
leave the reader feeling as though they have been transported
to those places and times.
Fir, Oak and Fern is a motion picture in words. You will
laugh and cry, and as the last page is turned, you will be
left wanting more. |
