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Author Interview: Elsbeth Hardie on ‘The Girl Who Stole Stockings’

October 27, 2015 by Caroline Barron Author 2 Comments

Keeping great company at the book launch—with cover girl (and my cousin) Sophia, and the author (my aunt), Elsbeth Hardie. Image copyright C. Barron 2015
Keeping great company at the book launch—with cover girl (and my cousin) Sophia, and the author (my aunt), Elsbeth Hardie. Image copyright C. Barron 2015

‘The Girl Who Stole Stockings’ is the true story of Susannah Noon, a 12-year-old girl who, in 1810, was sentenced to transportation to Australia for seven years. It is the fascinating story of the women on the convict ship, Friends, and Susannah’s eventual life on a whaling station in New Zealand’s Marlborough Sounds, before the arrival of the country’s first organised colonists.

This book is a unique portrait of early New Zealand life, written in a readable and compelling style, and with wonderful colour photographs.

Here, I interview author, Elsbeth Hardie, about the joy of unraveling historical mysteries and singing like Barbra Streisand. I am incredibly grateful Elsbeth unraveled this particular mystery, because Elsbeth is my aunt, and Susannah Noon my 4x great grandmother.

Available from leading booksellers in New Zealand and Australia. Online orders at www.friendsconvictship.com RRP NZ$39.99

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Filed Under: Blog Posts Tagged With: early NZ life, Elsbeth Hardie, Friends convict ship, Marlborough Sounds, Susannah Noon, The Girl Who Stole Stockings, writing journey

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