The Potato Factory

The Potato Factory by Bryce Courtenay. mass_market edition. ISBN: 9781552780145.

Ikey Solomon is very successful indeed, in the art of thieving. Ikeys partner in crime is his mistress, the forthright Mary Abacus, until misfortune befalls them. They are parted and each must make the harsh journey from 19th century London to Van Diemens Land. In the backstreets and dives of Hobart Town, Mary learns the art of brewing and builds The Potato Factory, where she plans a new future. But her ambitions are threatened by Ikeys wife, Hannah, her old enemy. The two women raise their separate families. As each woman sets out to destroy the other, the families are brought to the edge of disaster.