Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
Potato Factory
Potato Factory | Bryce Courtenay
5 posts | 15 read | 4 to read
Ikey Solomon's favourite saying is also his way of doing business. And in the business of thieving, he's very successful indeed. Ikey's partner in crime is his mistress, the forthright Mary Abacus, until misfortune befalls them. They are parted & each must make the harsh journey from thriving nineteenth century London to the convict settlement of Van Diemen's Land. In the backstreets and dives of Hobart Town, Mary learns the art of brewing and builds the Potato Factory, where she plans a new future. But her ambitions are threatened by Ikey's wife, Hannah, her old enemy. The two women raise their separate families, one legitimate and the other bastard. As each woman sets out to destroy the other, the families are brought to the edge of disaster. Stay in touch with all of Bryce's news on Facebook:facebook.com/BryceCourtenay
Amazon Indiebound Barnes and Noble WorldCat Goodreads LibraryThing
Pick icon
100%
blurb
Kappadeemom
Potato Factory | Bryce Courtenay
post image
LibrarianRyan HEHEH +6 5y
39 likes1 comment
review
bookaholic1
The Potato Factory: A Novel | Bryce Courtenay
post image
Mehso-so

I like Bryce Courtney, but this one dragged and dragged. I won't continue the series

review
Allthebookclubs
Potato Factory | Bryce Courtenay
post image
Pickpick

This is an amazing book!!!! I read it in college, many moons ago. Historical fiction is my favorite. Mary, the main character, is such a dynamic character; you will cry and laugh and cry some more. Courtenay is a fantastic writer! Check out the second book, Tommo and Hawk!! (It‘s a trilogy, the third was ok but the first is by far the best!!)

blurb
Eyelit
The Potato Factory: A Novel | Bryce Courtenay
post image

The summer before my senior year of HS my dad and drove up to Vancouver BC so I could (among other things) go to some bookstores and get some books not available in US (the Internet was still in its infancy at that time, so not really an option - yes I‘m old). I purchased quite a few Courtenay books that trip... and these two are still unread #24in48 #sharetheshame

MayJasper I hope they're great 7y
84 likes1 comment
blurb
AceOnRoam
The Potato Factory: A Novel | Bryce Courtenay
post image

#10authorrecommendations ?? This is hard to narrow down, but here are 10 randomly selected off the top of my head that will give you a ripping good yarn or a masterful volume to sink your teeth into. Thanks @Redwritinghood for tagging me. Who else wants to play ?? @LeahBergen @StaceyKondla @Melwilk @Laura317 @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled @TrishB @StephBengtson I can't stop tagging @Tamra @Bklover @Ms_T

#ReadingOnRoam

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Thanks for the tag! I posted mine this morning because I just couldn‘t wait. Sarah Waters is on my list too! And no one writes a battle scene better than Bernard Cornwell. 👍 7y
AceOnRoam Oh I tried to look through the posters sorry about that @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled I absolutely love Cornwell's Uhtred 💓💓💓 The list is far too limiting, I keep thinking of new names! 7y
Ms_T A great list from you there! I posted mine yesterday 👍🏻 7y
See All 7 Comments
Redwritinghood Good picks! 7y
TrishB Great picks 👍 7y
jb72 Great picks! I‘ve not read any of those authors. 7y
36 likes7 comments