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Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter will appeal to readers who enjoy historical fiction, strong female characters, mystery, and adventure. Those who know him know he has never told a lie in his life—“Never be the one to tell lies, Nico,” his grandfather teaches him. If this is her writing style, than the editors need to reign her in and they also need to re-classify where her books belong.
In 1861, the largest known species of pearl oyster, Pinctada maxima, was found in bulk off the northern coast of Western Australia. Apology to the author on her debut book but the overly descriptive writing choked me and choked the story and I couldn’t go on after about 70+ pages. Not just men - pregnant women were especially prized as it was thought their blood carried more oxygen, which I guess it does. Set on the northern coast of Western Australia, Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter takes place during 1886. But in a town teeming with corruption, prejudice and blackmail, Eliza soon learns that the truth can cost more than pearls, and she must decide just how much she is willing to pay – and how far she is willing to go – to find it .Gave me Where the Crawdads Sing AND The Light Between Oceans feels - but Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter is unique and wonderful. paints a memorable picture of ambition, sacrifice and corruption while exploring personal loss as driving force.
However, the Starling doesn't come in until late in the day, and her father is not on board, he has gone missing and the assumption is that he went overboard, although rumours abound of murder and mutiny. The undimmed romance between 40-something Martha and her husband, Ephraim, adds a racy flair to the proceedings. Many thanks to Netgalley and Pan Macmillan for the much appreciated arc which I reviewed voluntarily and honestly. Without revealing spoilers, I’ll just say that the author created her characters and the setting from real people and places. Ten years later and Charles Brightwell, now the bay’s most prolific pearler, goes missing from his ship while out at sea.
I think the sensibilities of the author and myself wildly differ, and for this reason, I doubt I will read more of her work. When a man accused of rape turns up dead, an Early American town seeks justice amid rumors and controversy.
For readers of The Light Between Oceans and The Island of Sea Women, a feminist adventure story set against the backdrop of the dangerous pearl diving industry in 19th-century Western Australia, about a young English woman who sets off to uncover the truth about the disappearance of her eccentric father. I know that anything written about the 18th century (pretty much) is going to be pretty gritty, dark, and grimy, so I thought I was prepared for it, but the grit was the sand between Eliza's toes, the darkness the complete blackness of the furious sea at night, and the grime clung viscerally to bones and secrets.The pearl diving attracted Japanese and other Asians, although the power of the area was exclusively European. She needs and wants no man but does accept the help of a young touring German because it takes a man to get into places that a woman isn't allowed.
Eliza Brightwell is a capable young girl, forced to move to Australia to support her family's pearling business, 10 years later her father's ship comes back without him leaving Eliza alone to figure out what happened.She cannot even pester Thomas about it as he immediately heads off to another town saying he has business to attend to. Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter by Aussie author Lizzie Pook is a historical fiction set in Western Australia in 1886. I wanted to feel more the atmosphere of the place and the rush for those famous pearls, and learning about the value of the pearls itself. This suspenseful story has a fast-pace and smooth-flow, bringing a strong female character who faces prejudice and corruption, while trying to uncover disappearance of a successful pearler.
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