All Moonshine

'All Moonshine' is a journey through time and history, made by a young
girl with a strong sense of her ancestry rooted in a love of the sea
and in God's purpose for their lives.

As the story unfolds the characters develop enabling us to recognise
their strengths and weaknesses. It is about a family who are shaped by
great tragedy, cruel hardship, intrigue and Victorian snobbery.

Martha Moon's husband and his brother are Master Mariners who loose
their lives at sea leaving their wives to provide for their children.
When Martha's only son then dies tragically of a deadly disease in
Australia, her daughters are left to make the most of their poverty
with dignity and the 'hope' of a lost legacy.

Matilda, Martha's eldest daughter struggles to bring up nine children
with little help from her husband and it is then left to Minnie, her eldest
daughter to try to regain lost ground.

A feisty character, Minnie is ready to uphold the poor and needy and
the rights of both women and children. She surprises everyone by
marrying against her principles and looses her home twice to fire, at
the same time loosing any hope of motherhood or personal fulfilment;
but inspired by her grandmother, she keeps her faith in God and lives
to be over a hundred years old.

Her brother's daughter, Sabina is the one remaining descendent of the
'Moon" family in England. She has an uncertain future and poor health,
but Min sees to it that she will inherit what is left of their
legacy, and together they discover that it is 'All Moonshine'.