Overview
Set in the southern US state of Louisiana, Australian writer Hartley Henderson's novel, Plantation Man, provides a sensitive account of how a catastrophic event such as a major hurricane can result in the lives of complete strangers being impacted and intertwined.Jack Lansell, a surgeon from New York, finds himself for a few weeks in New Orleans assisting in dealing with medical trauma in the wake of the hurricane. How did he come to rescue a black man from destitution, own a plantation, go on to discover love, and a new life in the deep south? Colorful scenes are portrayed in a variety of locations including in cafes and on board a Mississippi paddle steamer, often to the strains of jazz and blues music featuring the lovely Salina. And the reader is taken on memorable side trips - to Paris, and to Darwin in Australia. This is a story about the importance of ambition, drive, fairness, loyalty, love and, above all, consciously helping others to thrive along the way.
- | Author: Hartley Henderson
- | Publisher: Intertype
- | Publication Date: Jan 01, 2022
- | Number of Pages: 230 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
- | ISBN-10: 0645378011
- | ISBN-13: 9780645378016
