The Other Catherine
Author: Keenan, Lauren
ISBN: 9781776951253
Publisher: Penguin NZ
Year first published: 21 Apr 2026
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback / softback
A new novel from the best-selling author of The Space Between.
Two worlds, two women, one story . . .
In 1793, eighteen-year-old Catherine is sentenced to transportation on the Tempest, a convict ship bound for New South Wales. Trapped below deck with scores of women, she endures storms, brutality and loss, while dreaming of freedom on the shores of a country far from home.
A century later in Aotearoa, Maori matriarch Keita stands amid the ruins of her whanau and the encroaching world of settlers, whalers and empire. Disturbed by the long reach of colonial change, Keita begins to unravel her own story.
Spanning seas and generations, The Other Catherine is a luminous tale of survival, whakapapa and female friendship, for readers of Jenny Pattrick and Tina Makereti.
ISBN: 9781776951253
Publisher: Penguin NZ
Year first published: 21 Apr 2026
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback / softback
A new novel from the best-selling author of The Space Between.
Two worlds, two women, one story . . .
In 1793, eighteen-year-old Catherine is sentenced to transportation on the Tempest, a convict ship bound for New South Wales. Trapped below deck with scores of women, she endures storms, brutality and loss, while dreaming of freedom on the shores of a country far from home.
A century later in Aotearoa, Maori matriarch Keita stands amid the ruins of her whanau and the encroaching world of settlers, whalers and empire. Disturbed by the long reach of colonial change, Keita begins to unravel her own story.
Spanning seas and generations, The Other Catherine is a luminous tale of survival, whakapapa and female friendship, for readers of Jenny Pattrick and Tina Makereti.
