The incredible story, for the first time told in novel form, of Phar Lap, the racehorse that became a champion, and then a legend. Phar Lap first ... daylight second. It became a familiar refrain from racecallers as the great horse tore up every race track and record, becoming the people's champion in 1930s Australia and abroad. For those closest to the mighty stallion it would be the ride of their lives, on and off the track, as careers, relationships and fortunes were made and lost in just a few years of unrivalled glory. Award winning author Kelly Ana Morey takes the reader beyond the racetrack histories and the popular mythologies and, for the first time in novel form, brings to life the characters and the times that turned Phar Lap into the legend he remains to this day. Equal parts tragedy, triumph, thriller and mystery, Daylight Second has a heart as big as Phar Lap himself.
Constant Spry, newly liberated of her waitressing job, is summoned home by her grandmother, the irrepressible Mrs Angela Spry. Accompanied by Nanny Smack, the ghost who crochets tomorrow's sky, Connie journeys south to Goshen - a crossroads caught between the mountain and the sea. And, slowly but surely, she gathers the myriad threads that are the lives and loves of the four murderous and conveniently forgetful Women Spry.
As a nation New Zealand has always been bound to the sea. From our earliest beginnings the sea has brought to us our peoples, our food and out wealth, and we have sought to protect out shores and those of our allies through out knowledge and skills as a seafaring people. This is the story of the New Zealand Navy, of the courageous men and women who have helped build our country with their service form the sea. Form a ditty bow to an artillery pouch; from ships' cats to weapons and medials, this story is told through the collections of the Royal New Zealand Navy Museum. The fascinating personal mementoes and artefacts from New Zealand's naval history tell of courage, sacrifice and friendship and, above all, of the dedication of those who serve.
The incredible story, for the first time told in novel form, of Phar Lap, the racehorse that became a champion, and then a legend. Phar Lap first ... daylight second. It became a familiar refrain from racecallers as the great horse tore up every race track and record, becoming the people's champion in 1930s Australia and abroad. For those closest to the mighty stallion it would be the ride of their lives, on and off the track, as careers, relationships and fortunes were made and lost in just a few years of unrivalled glory. Award winning author Kelly Ana Morey takes the reader beyond the racetrack histories and the popular mythologies and, for the first time in novel form, brings to life the characters and the times that turned Phar Lap into the legend he remains to this day. Equal parts tragedy, triumph, thriller and mystery, Daylight Second has a heart as big as Phar Lap himself.
Constant Spry, newly liberated of her waitressing job, is summoned home by her grandmother, the irrepressible Mrs Angela Spry. Accompanied by Nanny Smack, the ghost who crochets tomorrow's sky, Connie journeys south to Goshen - a crossroads caught between the mountain and the sea. And, slowly but surely, she gathers the myriad threads that are the lives and loves of the four murderous and conveniently forgetful Women Spry.
As teenagers growing up on the island, Georgia, Kate and Bride had idyllic summers of sun, swimming, laughter and drugs. Until one summer, their last on the island together, when Reagan turned up and Bride disappeared, never to be seen again. Years later Georgia returns home, and picks up her friendship with Kate and Reagan, who returned to the island a while ago. What happened to Bride that summer has far-reaching effects on the way that Kate and Georgia live now. Stories of the girls' shared childhood are interspersed with passages in the present. The events of the past cannot be forgotten and are fast catching up with them. And how much does Boo, Bride's 'slow' brother, really know? Then one terrible, dramatic night Kate and Georgia share in a shocking moment that is a direct consequence of what happened all those years ago.
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