The Jam Maker - Mary-Lou Stephens

Category: Historical Fiction, Literature, Novel
Language: English
Keywords: 19th Century Australian Tasmania Womens Fiction

Written by Mary-Lou Stephens
Read by Casey Withoos
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Unabridged

The Jam Maker
By: Mary-Lou Stephens
Narrated by: Casey Withoos
Release date
29-01-2025
Language
English
Format
Unabridged Audiobook
Length
11 hrs and 53 mins
Publisher
Wavesound from W. F. Howes Ltd
Categories
Literature & Fiction

Jam is sweet but it can also burn.

Tasmania, 1874. Growing up in the impoverished tenements along the Hobart Rivulet, Harriet Brown is used to doing whatever it takes to survive. Including, at just twelve years old, shearing off her hair and pretending to be a boy to secure a job as label-paster at the George Peacock and Sons jam factory.

Four years later, the deceit becomes too much to bear and Harriet risks everything on the chance at a future with her ambitious friend and workmate Henry Jones. But this decision forces her into a new deception: play the role of expert jam maker, or else be cast out onto the streets.

As the secrets and lies grow, Harriet is driven to more and more desperate choices. Choices that will end with a dangerous secret which, if discovered, could destroy not only her life but the lives of those she loves and protects.

Intertwined with the fascinating history of the Tasmanian jam industry and the striking historical figure Henry Jones, The Jam Maker is a tale of danger, deceit and the desperate measures one woman will take to succeed in love and life.©2025 Mary-Lou Stephens (P)2025 W. F. Howes ltd.