PURVES Libby

Around island Britain / Libyy Purves. - Surry Hills NSW : Reader's Digest (Australia) , 1999. - 192 p. : col. ill.

Originally published as: One summer's grace / by Libby Purves, London : Grafton Books, 1989.

They travelled in the wake of their literary-nautical forebears aboard their modern-built gaffer, Grace O'Malley, with their children, Nicholas (five) and Rose (three). As conscious of curious anecdote and tragic folklore as she is of contemporary injustice and familial tension, Libby Purves evokes a fresh, rich and fascinating portrait of people and places.

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