A review by paulaann
Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter by Lizzie Pook

3.0

A beautifully written historical novel set in Bannin Bay Australia in the late 1800’s. This is Lizzie Pooks’s debut novel, which will be published in June 2022. Eliza Brightwell’s father is a successful Pearler. He collects beautiful large pearls from the ocean. He is gone months at a time. Eliza patiently waits for his return. But on this return trip, at the end of the season, his lugger returns without him. His crew including his son have no idea what happened to him. His son goes looking for him, but then he does not return. Eliza does not accept the disappearance of both. It is Eliza’s quest to find out the truth.This is the story of an incredible brave young woman.