Ethel’s Story
ETHEL’S STORY: An Intertwined Legacy. This historical novel traces the life of Ethel Louise Jackson from her birthplace in Warwickshire,UK in 1878, to New Zealand, then Fiji, where she trained as a nurse. Ethel met Dr Daniel Coto in Rawene, Hokianga, New Zealand. In 1907 the couple married and moved to Koroit, Australia and raised…
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Rosemary Carey
About This Book
ETHEL’S STORY: An Intertwined Legacy. This historical novel traces the life of Ethel Louise Jackson from her birthplace in Warwickshire,UK in 1878, to New Zealand, then Fiji, where she trained as a nurse. Ethel met Dr Daniel Coto in Rawene, Hokianga, New Zealand. In 1907 the couple married and moved to Koroit, Australia and raised five children. Ethel’s Story is a portrayal of true love and Christian service against racial prejudice set in the turbulent times of WW1 and WW2. It is faithfully recounted in novel format by her granddaughter as a sequel to Rosemary Carey’s first novel The Walnut Legacy.
Writer: Rosemary Carey
About The Writer
Rosemary Carey
ROSEMARY CAREY began writing about her rich interwined family heritage in a novelist genre in 2000. The Walnut Legacy centred on Thomas Coto, her Chinese great grandfather and the sequel Ethel's Story, about her maternal grandmother Ethel Jacksons' life followed. Her research, took her to China, Scotland, UK, Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. She is now writing her third novel about her paternal grandfather George Wight. Rosemary lives with her husband Bryan in Mangakui, Central Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. They are both members of TSSF (the society of St. Francis).
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