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  • Location: England, Edinburgh, New Zealand, South Africa

Portrait of Stella

Portrait of Stella

Why a Booktrail?

2000s: How far would you travel to discover where you are from?

  • ISBN: 978-1783064373
  • Genre: Fiction, Historical

What you need to know before your trail

When Jemima Ashton realises that there is no record of her existence on the UK database, she is determined and desperate to discover her real identity. There’s little information to go on and seemingly no leads so Jemima is confused as to where she can go from here.

On learning of her late mother Stella’s sudden disappearance during WWII, she retraces her footsteps across the globe and at a distant vineyard, unearths a family she had no idea existed. While treading a path of narrow-minded bigotry, scandalous revelations emerge of two families inextricably linked by one woman and the drastic steps they took to hide the truth.’

Travel Guide

England – Wellington – South Africa

There is quite a journey undertaken in England and Scotland. Jemima travels far and wide in her search for the truth taking her from Solihill where the book opens all the way to Exeter and down to Padstow.

The journey continues to Wellington and various other places in New Zealand before heading to South Africa

This is superficial South Africa, especially designed for tourists. Although the bushveld is beautiful ,the real South Africa is in the cities and townships where people of race are suffering the most unimaginable indignities at the hands of the apartheid regime.”

There is also a journey to three different Wellingtons – on three different continents

Booktrail Boarding Pass Information:   Portrait of Stella

Author/Guide Susan Wuthrich  Destination: England, Edinburgh, New Zealand, South Africa  Departure Time: WW2

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