Five out of five star review for A Troubled Heart by Tricia McGill.

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To use an apt cliché Finn and Esther the main characters in talented novelist Ms McGill’s novel A Troubled Heart are ‘chalk and cheese’. Homeless orphan Runaway Finn had lived with a group of boys who survived living on their wits and theft in London. Arrested for a minor crime when fifteen years Finn is transported to Tasmania.

Esther’s deceased father a doctor and mother emigrated from England to Tasmania. They were devoted to each other and were a good example to Esther of what it meant to share life with another.

In 1838, on the first day of Finn’s parole, when he leaves hospital after an injury Finn is penniless. Esther, alone in the world lives with a family where she is employed to teach a small girl. She tumbles down the steps. Finn helps her up. She thanks him and asks who he is. He tells her he is a homeless ex-convict. Esther believes she is a good judge of character. She takes her to her employer’s house, where he is employed  as an odd-job-man, and from then on helps him in every way she can.

Finn and Esther’s friendship develops. It is frequently tested by many trials during which Finn is convinced she is too far above him for them to have a future together.

I enjoyed this – as far as Finn, a decent man, rags to riches story. I have awarded it a five out of five stars review.

To use an apt cliché Finn and Esther the main characters in talented novelist Ms McGill’s novel A Troubled Heart are ‘chalk and cheese’. Homeless orphan runaway Finn had lived with a group of boys who survived living on their wits and theft in London. Arrested for a minor crime when he is about fifteen years old, he is convicted he is transported to Tasmania.,

Esther’s deceased father, a doctor, and mother emigrated from England to Tasmania. They were devoted to each other and were a good example to Esther of what it meant to share life with another.

In 1948, on the first day of Finn’s parole, when he leaves hospital after an injury, he is penniless. Esther, alone in the world lives with a family where she is employed to teach a small girl. When she tumbles down some steps. Finn helps her up. She thanks him and asks. "Who are you?" she asks. Finn admits he is a homeless ex-convict. Esther believes she is a good judge of characters, so she takes him to her employers' house where he is employed as an odd-job-man. From then on, she helps him in every way she can.

While Finn and Esther’s friendship develops, it is frequently tested by many trials during which Finn is convinced she is too far above him for them to have a future together.

I enjoyed this novel in which Finn, a decent man, goes from rags to riches. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 


 

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