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|title=As the Earth Turns Silver

|author=Alison Wong

|reviewer=Luci Davin

|buy=Yes

|borrow=Yes

|pages=288

|publisher=Picador

|date=September 2010

|isbn=978-0330465151

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This lyrical novel is set in Wellington, New Zealand just over a hundred years ago. In this country of then recent immigrants, there was a racial hierarchy, with those of British origin considering themselves superior to others, and an active Anti-Chinese League.

One of New Zealand's best known writers, mentioned by Wong in her acknowledgements as an inspiration, is Janet Frame, and [[Faces in the Water by Janet Frame|Faces in the Water]] and [[Towards Another Summer by Janet Frame|Towards Another Summer]] are reviewed here. Katharine McMahon writes wonderful historical novels about women and their position in society in the 19th and 20th centuries – one is [[The Rose Of Sebastopol by Katharine McMahon|The Rose of Sebastopol]].

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