Seeds of Hope
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Seeds of Hope

by Kristiana Gregory

2001•Historical•181 pages

Taste attributes: historicaldramawholesomesimplelinearhuman spirit/resilience/survivalfish out of water/culture clash

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Boxlist takeA warm-hearted historical novel, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like warmth over edge.

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About This Book

Susanna Fairchild and her family are on board a ship sailing from New York to the West, where they plan to start a new life in Oregon. But tragedy strikes when Susanna's mother is lost to the sea. Hearing stories of great wealth, Susanna's physician father decides he wants to join the hordes of men rushing to California to mine for gold.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

HistoricalDramaHuman spirit/resilience/survivalFish out of water/culture clash

Subjects

Gold discoveriesFrontier and pioneer lifeDiariesJuvenile fictionAvariceGold mines and miningGreedCalifornia

Details

Author
Kristiana Gregory
Published
2001
Pages
181
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