Catching the Current

Jenny Pattrick

On the run from an unfortunate ‘indiscretion’, young Conrad Rasmussen finds refuge in the North Island of New Zealand under the employ of the famous (or notorious) Dane, Bishop Monrad. However, Conrad — a talented and impetuous Faroeman, known in Jenny Pattrick’s Denniston novels as Con the Brake — finds he cannot escape his past.

This is Conrad’s story, and that of the unusual woman Anahuia. It is a tale of new lands and old songs, of seafaring and war and the search for love. It is also the story of the Faroe Islands and of Denmark’s early connection with New Zealand.

In Catching the Current, the free human spirit is pitted against the forces of tradition. Full of compelling events, vivid communities, and the irresistible character of Conrad Rasmussen, this is a terrific companion novel to the bestselling The Denniston Rose and Heart of Coal.

Jenny Pattrick

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Annelies van de Poel

Jenny Pattrick is a writer and jeweller who lives in Wellington, New Zealand. She has written fiction and commentary for radio, and, with her musician husband, Laughton, songs and musical shows for children.

The Denniston Rose, which was her first novel, has never left the New Zealand bestseller lists since it was published in 2003, and has been voted one of the top 100 books in the world by Whitcoulls readers.

Jenny Pattrick has since published the sequel, Heart of Coal; a spin-off, Catching the Current; and a contemporary novel, Grace Notes (all published by Scribe).

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