Book
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The wives of Henry Oades : a novel
Call Number
- FICTION MORA (CEN)
Publication Information
New York : Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks, c2010.
Physical Description
367 p. ; 21 cm.
Summary
When Henry Oades accepts a post in New Zealand, his wife and children follow him to the exotic land only to be kidnapped by native Maori. Henry searches for months until all hope is lost and his family is presumed dead. He eventually picks up the pieces of his life in a new country with a new family but his happiness is short-lived when his first wife and children arrive causing Henry and both families to face persecution for bigamy. Based on a real-life legal case.
Notes
Includes a readers guide, p. [359]-367.
"A Ballantine Books Trade Paperback original." -- T.p. verso.