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  • 10/2012
  • 9781611792300
  • pages
  • $8.00
Paperback Book Details
  • 07/2012
  • 9781611792294
  • 360 pages
  • $19.95
Audio Details
  • 07/2012
  • 9781611792294
  • 329 pages
  • $21.95
Linda Collison
Author
Barbados Bound

Adult; General Fiction (including literary and historical); (Market)

Patricia Kelley, the illegitimate daughter of a wealthy Barbadian sugarcane planter, falls from her imagined place in the world when her absent father unexpectedly dies. Raised in a Wiltshire boarding school, sixteen-year-old Patricia embarks on a desperate crossing aboard a merchantman bound for Barbados, where she was born, in a brash attempt to claim an unlikely inheritance. Aboard the merchantman (under contract with the British Navy to deliver gunpowder to the West Indian forts) young Patricia finds herself pulled between two worlds -- and two identities -- as she charts her own course for survival in the war-torn 18th century. Barbados Bound was first published as Star-Crossed in 2006 by Alfred A. Knopf. This newly revised edition, for adult readers, is the first book of the Patricia MacPherson Nautical Adventure Series.
Reviews
Collison packs an engrossing blend of historical fiction, romance, and adventure into this coming-of-age tale about a young girl desperate to claim her inheritance, first published as young adult novel Star-Crossed (Knopf, 2006) and here rewritten for adults. In November 1760, 16-year-old Patricia Kelley stows away on an English merchant ship in order to get to Barbados where she believes she is entitled to inherit Hatterby Estate, a sugar plantation, as she is the illegitimate daughter of its recently deceased owner, Sheldon Hatterby. After she’s discovered hiding on the ship by the crew, she’s forced to become indentured to the ship’s surgeon, who takes a liking to her. As the ship navigates the war between Britain and Spain, Patricia finds that she enjoys the seafaring life and learning from the surgeon. The fast-paced story never relents as the crew faces yellow fever, death, and imprisonment. Collison does a magnificent job of capturing the excitement and danger of life on the high seas. Patricia is a steel-willed heroine, and readers will look forward to her further adventures. (BookLife)
News
07/16/2019
Ariana Fraval narrates Barbados Bound and the Patricia MacPherson trilogy

Barbados Bound, Surgeon's Mate, and Rhode Island Rendezvous are all available in audio format, narrated by Ariana Fraval. audible.com

03/15/2018
Audiobook in production

We're pleased to announce British narrator Ariana Fraval and Audible.com are producing Barbados Bound, the audiobook, to be available for download May 1, 2018. 

Formats
Open Ebook Ebook Details
  • 10/2012
  • 9781611792300
  • pages
  • $8.00
Paperback Book Details
  • 07/2012
  • 9781611792294
  • 360 pages
  • $19.95
Audio Details
  • 07/2012
  • 9781611792294
  • 329 pages
  • $21.95
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