The Exiles

From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller 'Orphan Train' comes a gripping and emotional new novel about three females trying to create their lives in nineteenth-century Australia. Evangeline, daughter of a vicar and seduced by the son of her employer, finds herself on a convict ship being deported to Australia, more from being in the wrong place at the wrong time than from anything else. During her journey, she befriends Hazel, a young fiery-haired girl whose mother was a mid-wife but ultimately turned her out to steal for their survival. Mathinna, the aboriginal daughter of a chief, adopted by the wife of the governor of an English settlement is doomed to a life of never finding her place in the world when what seemed like a golden ticket turns out to be just the opposite. You will be captivated as Kline weaves the lives of these women together in a gorgeous tale of misfortune, oppression, and opportunity.