Mary  Moore

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Mary Moore


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Born 1928 into a farming family. In spite of an education interrupted by a teacher shortage & a stay in hospital, Mary achieved School Certificate and got a government job in Wellington. After three & a half years, her elder sister and her husband took over the family farm, and Mary moved in with her parents in Christchurch.

Her sister introduced her to a herd tester named Ray - they married three and a half months later. They had a small farm in Kokatahi on the West Coast.

Her husband challenged her to write a book after she criticised a book by another author. By this time Mary was the Postmistress in Cronadun. Mary described this as a job that gave her a
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Average rating: 3.39 · 227 ratings · 53 reviews · 92 distinct worksSimilar authors
Along the Ribbonwood Track

3.85 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1971 — 6 editions
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Matai Valley Magic

3.41 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1973 — 5 editions
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Hills of Amethyst

3.19 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1981 — 6 editions
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Lake Haupiri Moon

2.92 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1985 — 2 editions
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Manuka Fire

3.58 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1985 — 6 editions
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Rata Flowers are Red

3.28 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Springs of Love

2.81 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1984 — 3 editions
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Where the Kowhai Blooms

2.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1969 — 3 editions
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A Golden Touch (Harlequin R...

2.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1988
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Sarah Buttons, Master Doll ...

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“Grow up, Brett baby, I would share a lot of things with a lot of people, money, clothes, bed and board, even my last crust I'd be willing to share, but one thing I won't share is a man. You'd better believe it.”
Mary Moore, Matai Valley Magic

“You do not yet understand the God who works in mysterious ways. He decides when it is over.”
Mary Moore



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