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170 p. Suddenly the lives of the Edgemores, five girls and four boys aged from 6 to 21, are drastically changed, and they only have a few days to come to terms with surviving alone. Because of the possible family scandal involved, the young Edgemores are determined not to tell ‘outsiders’ of their crisis. With scarcely any money between them, and knowing they may have to separate, they desperately try to find a way of keeping together as a family. An authentic view into the lives and adventures of a big family struggling to survive in early New Zealand.