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Paper Lady
by Judith Hollinshed
Rating: 4.5/5
Genre: General Fiction/Slight Romance
Pages: 404
Amazon
I recieved a free copy of this book courtesy of Austin Macauley Publishing Company. All opinions are my own.
Papua New Guinea has very recently achieved independence and Australia is helping to organise the transition. This includes the transfer of lands—viable plantations—back into the hands of Papua New Guinean clans. But this is a tricky task, especially given the fact that few, if any, tangible records of traditional ownership exist.
For relief journalist Nicola Jameson, fresh into Mount Hagen following a disastrous eight months in Port Moresby working for Papua Guinea’s only daily newspaper, covering this tension and the new administration’s handling of affairs is a God-given chance for her to revive her career.
But the more she gets into the intricacies of traditional custom and the politics of land transition, the more she loses sight of the necessary divide between journalism and participation—especially when she finds herself attracted to Kuria plantation owner Ian Hilder. - Amazon.com
Another book I finished while recovering from my surgery! This one was set in Papua New Guinea and it was a wonderful adventure. I thoguht the writing was extremely well done and the plot kept me entertained and engaged throughout the book. The pacing was also well done, not too fast or slow for the book. The characters were also very well developed and generally this would be the type of book I would expect to see on the New York Times Bestseller list. While I'm not a fan of this genre I really liked reading this book.
However, I did think that the book could be improved upon by adding some maps or more world building. New Guinea is not somewhere an average person in the USA or Europe would probably go, so adding a map or having more world building would help the reader to visualize where they are I believe.
Verdict: Beyond this minor issue I think this book was amazingly well done and one of my more surprising reads of 2017. Definitely check out this book if you're wanting to travel from the comfort of your bed.
Genre: General Fiction/Slight Romance
Pages: 404
Amazon
I recieved a free copy of this book courtesy of Austin Macauley Publishing Company. All opinions are my own.
Papua New Guinea has very recently achieved independence and Australia is helping to organise the transition. This includes the transfer of lands—viable plantations—back into the hands of Papua New Guinean clans. But this is a tricky task, especially given the fact that few, if any, tangible records of traditional ownership exist.
For relief journalist Nicola Jameson, fresh into Mount Hagen following a disastrous eight months in Port Moresby working for Papua Guinea’s only daily newspaper, covering this tension and the new administration’s handling of affairs is a God-given chance for her to revive her career.
But the more she gets into the intricacies of traditional custom and the politics of land transition, the more she loses sight of the necessary divide between journalism and participation—especially when she finds herself attracted to Kuria plantation owner Ian Hilder. - Amazon.com
Another book I finished while recovering from my surgery! This one was set in Papua New Guinea and it was a wonderful adventure. I thoguht the writing was extremely well done and the plot kept me entertained and engaged throughout the book. The pacing was also well done, not too fast or slow for the book. The characters were also very well developed and generally this would be the type of book I would expect to see on the New York Times Bestseller list. While I'm not a fan of this genre I really liked reading this book.
However, I did think that the book could be improved upon by adding some maps or more world building. New Guinea is not somewhere an average person in the USA or Europe would probably go, so adding a map or having more world building would help the reader to visualize where they are I believe.
Verdict: Beyond this minor issue I think this book was amazingly well done and one of my more surprising reads of 2017. Definitely check out this book if you're wanting to travel from the comfort of your bed.