Item category 1: Family Saga

Father Damien has seen the reservation through its most severe crises, yet he is more than a heroic priest. He has lived with and helped the Ojibwa people as a man of the cloth and also as a woman. Now, nearing the end of his life, he dreads discovery.

Three generations of Cazalets spend each summer in their family house. For two unforgettable summers they are safe from the storm clouds of World War II. These are sunlit days of childish games, lavish family meals and picnics on the beach.

In this 18th volume of the Morland family saga, Nicholas wants a wife to perfect his happiness, but his banished brother returns to the neighbourhood and causes conflict Nicholas could well do without.

Little Billy is the light of Polly's life - it's for her son's sake that she puts up with an unkind mother-in-law. But when Billy is knocked over by a car and his father is killed in the rescue attempt, Polly must battle to keep hold of him.

Bringing almost tangibly to life the investions & discoveries of the early Victorians, the drama of the Crimean War, & allowing us once more to enter the lives of the beloved Morlands, the author has written another instalment of the Dynasty series.

The third tale in the series Narratives of a Golden Age, is the story of grimy and intricate politics in a world where money talks very loudly - usually through the mouths of people called Astor. Into this world steps Charles and his daughter, Emma.

As the Neyler family's zest for living carries them through joy and suffering alike in this colourful saga, Mark returns to New Zealand and Tina's family is growing up in England. This novel is set at the time of World War 1.