Book Giveaway Winners

Thank you to everyone who entered the competition (which closed on September 15) and congratulations to the three winners, who will each receive a signed copy of THE JADE WIDOW. The question was:

Why do you enjoy reading historical fiction?

The winners have kindly allowed me to reprint their entries below.

From Margaret Owen Ruckert comes a charming poem entitled 'Historical Fiction':

Where my great-grandmother

walks grandly off the page

in lace-up boots and steady eye

Where hatted men in woollen suits

debate the economy and despair of peace

Where words transport me to difficult times

for women especially, women sans voice

but a story to tell, by a writer who understands

From country NSW, Joyce writes:

'I enjoy historical stories that modern-day women can relate to.

We can identify with many of the issues facing your historical characters.'

From Steph D comes this verse about why she enjoys historical fiction: 

A retreat into time,

a view of lives

so different

to mine.

To feel the romance

tragedy and strife,

To capture a glimpse

of another's life.

For only a moment

as I read sculptured lines

The past is transported

to live in my mind.

September 16, 2013