In the Land of the Long White Cloud (In the Land of the Long White Cloud Saga, #1) in Around the World

May 13, 2013 Amanda rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, united-kingdom, female-authors, around-the-world-challenge, new-zealand

The founding of the colony of New Zealand is the focus of this book -- a group of young women from different backgrounds come onto the same ship -- a rich heiress, a governess, a set of young orphans who are going to be indentured servants in the fledgeling colony. This book follows them through nearly 30 years. I can tell it's set up for a sequel, which has been written but not translated into English yet.

The descriptions of the landscape were fascinating and amazing. I also enjoyed that she d ...more

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Jun 01, 2016 Joy rated it liked it

Shelves: around-the-world-in-80-books, around-the-world

This book was read for my 2016 Reading Challenge Around the World in 80 Books

Confession, I only bought this book because it was on sale and I didn’t have another to read for New Zealand. So I ignored the nay-sayers of GoodReads and took the $1.99 plunge. And you know what? In the Land of the Long White Cloud by Sarah Lark actually exceeded my expectations! It’s a historical fiction, with lots of romance, but also lots about a time & culture I didn’t know much about. I’ve been to New Zealand, ...more

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May 03, 2012 Barbarac rated it it was ok

Shelves: australia-newzealand, atw13

I gave it my all. Despite that half-way through I wanted to put it down, and 3/4 into it my sister told me it wasn't worth it, I wanted to know what happened to Helen and Gwyn.
In short, this book tried to include several generations of women in New Zealand in 600 books. Besides the main characters Helen and Gwyn, there's other girls that arrive in New Zealand with them which are recurring characters throughout the book. And then, there's their children too who grow up. So many characters, so ma ...more

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Oct 27, 2014 Rachel rated it liked it

Shelves: romance, german-authors, international-authors, series, good-story-not-so-good-writing, takes-me-somewhere-else, set-in-victorian-era, new-zealand, set-in-1850s

The story of two women who emigrate to New Zealand in the 1850s, Helen, an English governess, who answers an advert to become a mail-order bride and Gwyneira, daughter of a Welsh sheep baron who loses her in a game of poker to a New Zealand land owner to marry his son. I enjoyed the characters and the setting but the writing is weak in points with much convenient drama.

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