The Denniston Rose /

Pattrick, Jenny, 1936-

The Denniston Rose / Jenny Pattrick. - Auckland, N.Z. : Black Swan, 2012. - 367 pages : map : 20 cm. - Denniston Rose ; book 1. . - Pattrick, Jenny, 1936- author. Denniston Rose ; book 1. .

Novel. First published in 2003.

The bleak coal-mining of Denniston, isolated high on a plateau above the West Coast, is a place that makes or breaks those who live there. Into this chaotic community come five-year-old Rose and her mother. Set in the 1880s, this is story of a spirited child who remains a survivor.

9781869798420 1869798422


Coal mines and mining--New Zealand--Denniston--Fiction.
Eighteen eighties--Fiction.


Denniston (N.Z.)--Fiction.
New Zealand--History--19th century--Fiction.


New Zealand fiction--21st century.
Historical fiction.

NZ823.2

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