The Ripping Tree by #NikkiGemmell – a woman tells her grandchildren a story. Thomasina, “Tom”, is sailing to Australia with her married brother. She is to wed a vicar she has never met. The ship is wrecked. Tom is saved and taken in by a family but hides her true identity.

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A good read from Gemmell

There is an Australian novel called “Shiver” by my friend @NikkiGemmell, based on experiences during the voyage she and I took to Antarctica. At the time, people didn’t like that she wrote that book, as there’s some bad stuff in there. But those things actually happened.