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Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 The Brewer's Tale
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It had been Mother's secret and mine, one passed down through the de Winter women for generations. I would ensure it was kept that way, until I was ready to pass it on.

'When Anneke Sheldrake is forced to find a way to support her family after her father is lost at sea, she turns to the business by which her mother’s family once prospered: brewing ale.

'Armed with her Dutch mother’s recipes and a belief that anything would be better than the life her vindictive cousin has offered her, she makes a deal with her father’s aristocratic employer: Anneke has six months to succeed or not only will she lose the house but her family as well.

'Through her enterprise and determination, she inadvertently earns herself a deadly enemy. Threatened and held in contempt by those she once called friends, Anneke nonetheless thrives. But on the tail of success, tragedy follows and those closest to her pay the greatest price for her daring.

'Ashamed, grieving, and bearing a terrible secret, Anneke flees to London, determined to forge her own destiny. Will she be able to escape her past, and those whose only desire is to see her fail?

'A compelling insight into the brewer’s craft, the strength of women, and the myriad forms love can take.' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Chatswood, Chatswood - Gordon - Castlecrag area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Mira Books , 2014 .
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      Extent: 1vp.
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 October 2014
      ISBN: 9781743568675

Other Formats

  • Also sound recording.
  • Large print.

Works about this Work

A Very Nice Drop Belinda Seeney , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 11 October 2014; (p. 18)

— Review of The Brewer's Tale Karen Brooks , 2014 single work novel

'Karen Brooks immersed herself in research to ensure her medieval take stacked up...'

Review : The Brewer's Tale Kat Mayo , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , vol. 94 no. 1 2014; (p. 21)

— Review of The Brewer's Tale Karen Brooks , 2014 single work novel
Review : The Brewer's Tale Kat Mayo , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , vol. 94 no. 1 2014; (p. 21)

— Review of The Brewer's Tale Karen Brooks , 2014 single work novel
A Very Nice Drop Belinda Seeney , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 11 October 2014; (p. 18)

— Review of The Brewer's Tale Karen Brooks , 2014 single work novel

'Karen Brooks immersed herself in research to ensure her medieval take stacked up...'

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