Publisher's Synopsis
Long Bright Land is a novel by Edith Howes that tells the story of a young woman named Lucy who moves to a remote village in the English countryside to start a new life. Lucy is a teacher and she is looking for a fresh start after a difficult breakup. She is immediately drawn to the beauty of the landscape and the simplicity of life in the village. However, she soon discovers that the community is hiding a dark secret. A local girl has gone missing and no one seems to know what happened to her. As Lucy becomes more involved in the search for the missing girl, she uncovers a web of lies and deceit that threatens to destroy the village. With the help of a local detective, Lucy must navigate the treacherous waters of small-town politics and uncover the truth before it's too late. Long Bright Land is a gripping mystery that explores themes of love, loss, and the power of community.1929. Fairy tales from southern seas. Long before Columbus braved the Atlantic Ocean and discovered America, those intrepid navigators, the Maoris, in their tree-hollowed canoes voyaged and revoyaged the Pacific, compared with the Atlantic is but a narrow sea. From their tropical shores, they migrated to tropic islands. In successive migrations, about the 14th century, several tribes sought the lovely islands of the New Zealand group and remained. They brought with them and established here their stone age culture, their priest, and their traditions from the older lands. The Maoris are not brought up in the civilization of the white; their legends are forgotten. But that these tales of a race's childhood, this store of romance and poetry and laughter should be lost to the childhood of today - would it not be a pity?This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
