The Linnet Bird

'For you, I will write of it all part truth, part memory, part nightmare my life, the one that started so long ago, in a place so far from here...'

India, 1839: Linny Gow, a respectable young wife and mother, settles down to write her life story. To outside appearances Linny is the perfect Colonial wife: beautiful, gracious, subservient. But appearances can be very deceptive.

An unforgettable book, richly descriptive and mesmerising from the start, THE LINNET BIRD is the spellbinding story of the journey of Linny Gow child prostitute turned social climber turned colonial wife turned adventuress. Frequently disturbing, often moving and always enthralling, it is that rare thing: a once-in-a-lifetime read.

“This is a sweeping, unputdownable saga (think The Thorn Birds and Gone with the Wind) that you'll probably want to tell all your friends about”

A stirring tale of one woman's search for personal fulfilment - Woman & Home

- Woman

Linny's talent for survival makes for compulsive reading. This Canadian writer's first adult novel succeeds in being more than just a historical saga; it is a rites-of-passage tale with a very convincing and resourceful heroine. - The Lady

Linda Holeman is the author of six books for children and young adults, and two collections of short stories for adults, both of which have won her numerous awards in her native Canada. She has three children and lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The LINNET BIRD is her first novel.

'For you, I will write of it all part truth, part memory, part nightmare my life, the one that started so long ago, in a place so far from here...'India, 1839: Linny Gow, a respectable young wife and mother, settles down to write her life story. To outside appearances Linny is the perfect Colonial wife: beautiful, gracious, subservient. But appearances can be very deceptive.An unforgettable book, richly descriptive and mesmerising from the start, THE LINNET BIRD is the spellbinding story of the journey of Linny Gow child prostitute turned social climber turned colonial wife turned adventuress. Frequently disturbing, often moving and always enthralling, it is that rare thing: a once-in-a-lifetime read.

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