Gwenna The Welsh Confectioner (The New Zealand Immigrant Collection) by Vicky Adin

2017 | Fiction & Poetry

Against overwhelming odds, can she save her legacy?
Gwenna's life is about to change. Her father is dead, and the family confectionery business on the brink of collapse. Thwarted by society, the plucky sweet maker refuses to accept defeat.

She promised her father she would fulfil his dreams and save her legacy. But thanks to her overbearing stepbrother, that legacy is at risk. Gwenna must fight for her rights if she is to keep her vow.

She falls in love with the cheeky and charming Johnno, but just when things are beginning to look up, disaster strikes. Throughout the twists and turns of love and tragedy, Gwenna is irrepressible. She refuses to relinquish her goal and lets nothing and no one stand in her way. Blind to anything that could distract her, Gwenna overlooks the most important person in her life, putting her dreams, her family, and her chance at happiness in jeopardy.

Set amid Auckland’s bustling Karangahape Road at the turn of the 20th century.
Counterpart to Brigid The Girl from County Clare and prequel to The Costumier's Gift.

If you enjoy multi-generational family sagas, inspired by immigrant stories to a foreign land, then you are sure to love these stories in The New Zealand Immigrant Collection, suspenseful family saga fiction about overcoming the odds

Journey alongside the immigrants as they cross the oceans for a better life, or follow their descendants as they uncover the secrets of bygone days in stories that bring the past alive.

Vicky Adin (Author)