BooksDirect

Description - The Boy With Blue Trousers by Carol Jones

On the goldfields of 19th-century Australia, two very different girls are trying to escape their past.
1856, China.

In the mulberry groves of the Pearl River Delta, eighteen-year-old Little Cat carries a terrible secret. And so, in disguise as a boy in blue trousers, she makes the long and difficult passage to Australia, a faraway land of untold riches where it is said the rivers run with gold.

1857, Australia.

Violet Hartley has arrived off the boat from England, fleeing scandal back home. Like the Chinese immigrants seeking their fortunes on the goldfields, Violet is seduced by the promise of a new frontier. Then she meets Little Cat, a woman who, like her, is trying to escape her past.

As their fates inextricably, devastatingly entwine, their story becomes one of freedom, violence, love and vengeance, echoing across the landscapes of two great continents.

Buy The Boy With Blue Trousers by Carol Jones from Australia's Online Independent Bookstore, BooksDirect.

Other Editions - The Boy With Blue Trousers by Carol Jones

A Preview for this title is currently not available.
Problem of Pleasure
Hardback , Nov '11
RRP: $336.00 $332.64
Criminal Justice in Hong Kong
Paperback , Oct '07
RRP: $158.00 $156.42
Sometimes You Can Hear the Butterfly's Song
Paperback , Jun '20
RRP: $37.01 $33.30