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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Life is already unfair for 15-year-old Mariana. Her father's missing and her activist mother is dead. Marooned with hergrandparents in the cyclone-wrecked South Island, life is dominated by Carapace, a corrupt corporation. When Marianawears a red dress to her new school, she breaks an obscure rule and puts her family at risk.Mariana yearns to stand up for her friend Filiki, who's trapped in Carapaces school-to-prison pipeline. Fear keeps hersilent. When Mariana finally speaks up, its to disastrous effect and puts everyone she loves in danger.As she confronts her fears, Mariana must make her voice heardbecause this time it might change everything. Life is already unfair for 15-year-old Mariana. Life isdominated by Carapace, a corrupt corporation. When Mariana breaks an obscure rule at school she puts her family at risk. Butshe must make her voice heard A haunting novel about the difference one voice can make. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Imogen Maguire is bewildered when in 2018 she is accosted in a Melbourne Street by a mysterious stranger who says her grandfather in New Zealand needs her help. But her grandfather is dead, isn't he? A former journalist, Imogen decides to investigate and travels to Taranaki where she finds that her grandfather is very much alive and someone is trying to frighten the old man off his farm.A long shadow hangs over her grandfather's land stretching from 1864, when two young Irishmen join the British army in its fight against the Taranaki Maori, to 1975, when Imogen's grandparents arrive fleeing trouble in Ireland. Their daughter Aoife, Imogen's mother, hates the new country her parents have brought her to, yet she knows it is impossible to return to Ireland. The Irishman she encounters sheltering in a hedge is as lost as she is. An engrossing thriller. Imogen, a former journalist, is bewildered when a mysterious stranger says her grandfather in New Zealand needs help. She finds a long shadow hangs over her grandfather's land - from 1862 when the British army fought the Taranaki Maori, to 1974 when Imogen's grandparents arrive, fleeing trouble in Ireland. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. 2016. Auckland psychologist, Jason Winston, grieving over the death of his sister and increasingly disorientated by dreams and visions, begins to experience an alternate reality. Here he encounters Aja, a woman on a mission to discover who destroyed her village by stealing their powerful source of fuel.2026. Auckland suffers an ecological crisis: the bee population is almost wiped out and the human population exposed to a debilitating virus. Isolated camps are established in the bush for those infected.2036. A time of increasing food shortages, growing unrest and the influence of 'The Flock', which promises a haven for young people fearful of their future. Jason, old and increasingly frail, is approached by a young woman, Griffin, troubled by her own disturbing dreams and visions. Do they offer unusual insight or are they a sign of psychosis? Does she have access to timeless wisdom or is she delusional? Can Jason help her find a way to comprehend the past, survive the present and create a better future?Moving seamlessly between different times and places, and with its intertwining of mythology, psychology, philosophy, ecology and environmental concerns, The Time Lizard's Archaeologist explores the psyche of the modern world. A novel with intertwining themes of mythology, psychology, philosophy, ecology and environmentalconcerns, it captures the psyche of a world in which widespread ecological disaster is unfolding. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Established and award-winning authors sit alongside some lively 'fresh ink' from previously-unpublished voices. The third in this popular series, fresh ink 2021 is an exciting anthology presenting new work from a diverse group of New Zealand writers, poets and artists as they reflect upon the Covid-19 pandemic.Forty-seven artists and writers have contributed to the anthology. Included are celebrated poets and academics Siobhan Harvey and Janet Charman, and novelists Helen McNeil, Kirsty Powell and Thalia Henry.The contributors are Crispin Anderlini, Tom Baragwanath, Bronwyn Calder, Brent Cantwell, Janet Charman, Alastair Clarke, Lilla Csorgo, Michelle Elvy, Kim Fulton, Nicholas Fairclough, Norman Franke, Michael Giacon, Pamela Gordon, Michael Gould, Siobhan Harvey, Trevor Hayes, Thalia Henry, Lily Holloway, Peta Hudson, Amanda Hurley, Adrienne Jansen, Stacey Kokaua, Wes Lee, Helen McNeil, Jenni Mandeno, Zoe Meager, Khadro Mohamed, Keith Nunes, Gerard O'Brien, Jackson C. Payne, Kirsty Powell, Jenny Purchase, Pepper Raccoon, Vaughan Rapatahana, Jess Richards, Dougal Rillstone, Ruth Russ, Comfrey Sanders, Sarah Scott, Taarn Scott, Ila Selwyn, Erica Stretton, Miliama Tapusoa, Kirsteen Ure, Sophia Wilson and Pippi Woolston. fresh ink 2021 is an anthology of new writing presenting the varied voices of New Zealand writers as they respond to the experience of Covid-19 that has touched us all in some way. Established and award-winning authors sit alongside some lively 'fresh ink' from previously unpublished voices. The third in this popular series. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. After an international meltdown, New Zealand, along with the rest of the world, has shut down. No electricity, no broadband, and people are in survival mode - at least until somebody turns the lights on again.Ruth has always led a sheltered life. Pre-Crash, she worked as an Ephemera Librarian, now she is managing a simple, self-sufficient lifestyle. But her sister is dying from tuberculosis and her love for Juliana propels Ruth to undertake a perilous journey.She intrepidly sets off from Auckland to find the man known as Nelson and his rumoured stockpile of pharmaceutical drugs. Word has it he is based at the old Huka Lodge. Along with the handsome Lance Hinckley and enigmatic Adebowale Ackers, Ruth travels by steamboat up the Waikato River - the only practical way. The group journeys through settlements that have sprung up along the river as people try to re-establish their lives in this precarious time. With society itself broken, will Ruth manage to keep her commitment to her sister without compromising her own values?Inspired by Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, this post-apocalyptic, partly comedic novel reveals that things are not always what they seem. After an international meltdown, New Zealand, along with the rest of the world, has shut down. Ruth's sister is dying from tuberculosis and her love for Juliana propels Ruth to set off from Auckland to find a rumoured stockpile of pharmaceutical drugs near Taupo. This involves undertaking a perilous journey by boat down the Waikato River. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Maurice, a small-town librarian, dies one Monday morning in a fiery car crash, and finds himself in a very unexpected afterlife, in which naked people host cocktail parties and an angelic mafia calls the shots. Meanwhile, Maurice's daughter struggles to come to terms with the death of a father she barely knew, and starts writing letters to him, trying to make sense of her family's complicated history. As Andy comes closer to discovering a long-hidden secret, Maurice and Kit uncover a terrifying heavenly plot, and for the first time ever Maurice must decide: will he stand and fight for something . or risk losing everything?A wonderfully original read, this debut novel is a cross between Alice Sebold's 'The Lovely Bones' . and anything by Jasper Fforde. Quirky, clever, and poignant. 'The Library of Unfinished Business' is about the magic of storytelling, the importance of living bravely, and the power of love to triumph, even over death. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. 2016. Auckland psychologist, Jason Winston, grieving over the death of his sister and increasingly disorientated by dreams and visions, begins to experience an alternate reality. Here he encounters Aja, a woman on a mission to discover who destroyed her village by stealing their powerful source of fuel.2026. Auckland suffers an ecological crisis: the bee population is almost wiped out and the human population exposed to a debilitating virus. Isolated camps are established in the bush for those infected.2036. A time of increasing food shortages, growing unrest and the influence of 'The Flock', which promises a haven for young people fearful of their future. Jason, old and increasingly frail, is approached by a young woman, Griffin, troubled by her own disturbing dreams and visions. Do they offer unusual insight or are they a sign of psychosis? Does she have access to timeless wisdom or is she delusional? Can Jason help her find a way to comprehend the past, survive the present and create a better future?Moving seamlessly between different times and places, and with its intertwining of mythology, psychology, philosophy, ecology and environmental concerns, The Time Lizard's Archaeologist explores the psyche of the modern world. A novel with intertwining themes of mythology, psychology, philosophy, ecology and environmentalconcerns, it captures the psyche of a world in which widespread ecological disaster is unfolding. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. It's 1981 and New Zealand is about to host the Springboks from apartheid South Africa for a national rugby tour. The well-supported protest movement pitches against a nation of die-hard rugby supporters. Despite growing public protest, the Government and Rugby Union are adamant the tour will proceed.Beth returns from London. Her World War 2 veteran father is a rugby fanatic, her brother becomes a protestor embroiled in street violence. She studies law and meets Viktor who, unknown to her, is a member of the notorious Police Red Squad. What will happen to their polarised relationship in a country where the very survival of civil order is at risk?In this fast-paced novel, the nuances and tensions of the infamous 1981 Springbok Tour are probed and laid bare. Set in 1981 when New Zealand hosted the Springboks rugby team from apartheid South Africa. Beth's family, divided by the protests, finds her family loyalty now complicated by a love affair. In this fast-paced novel, the nuances and tensions of the infamous 1981 Springbok Tour are laid bare. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Established and award-winning authors sit alongside some lively 'fresh ink' from previously-unpublished voices. The third in this popular series, fresh ink 2021 is an exciting anthology presenting new work from a diverse group of New Zealand writers, poets and artists as they reflect upon the Covid-19 pandemic.Forty-seven artists and writers have contributed to the anthology. Included are celebrated poets and academics Siobhan Harvey and Janet Charman, and novelists Helen McNeil, Kirsty Powell and Thalia Henry.The contributors are Crispin Anderlini, Tom Baragwanath, Bronwyn Calder, Brent Cantwell, Janet Charman, Alastair Clarke, Lilla Csorgo, Michelle Elvy, Kim Fulton, Nicholas Fairclough, Norman Franke, Michael Giacon, Pamela Gordon, Michael Gould, Siobhan Harvey, Trevor Hayes, Thalia Henry, Lily Holloway, Peta Hudson, Amanda Hurley, Adrienne Jansen, Stacey Kokaua, Wes Lee, Helen McNeil, Jenni Mandeno, Zoe Meager, Khadro Mohamed, Keith Nunes, Gerard O'Brien, Jackson C. Payne, Kirsty Powell, Jenny Purchase, Pepper Raccoon, Vaughan Rapatahana, Jess Richards, Dougal Rillstone, Ruth Russ, Comfrey Sanders, Sarah Scott, Taarn Scott, Ila Selwyn, Erica Stretton, Miliama Tapusoa, Kirsteen Ure, Sophia Wilson and Pippi Woolston. fresh ink 2021 is an anthology of new writing presenting the varied voices of New Zealand writers as they respond to the experience of Covid-19 that has touched us all in some way. Established and award-winning authors sit alongside some lively 'fresh ink' from previously unpublished voices. The third in this popular series. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. After an international meltdown, New Zealand, along with the rest of the world, has shut down. No electricity, no broadband, and people are in survival mode - at least until somebody turns the lights on again.Ruth has always led a sheltered life. Pre-Crash, she worked as an Ephemera Librarian, now she is managing a simple, self-sufficient lifestyle. But her sister is dying from tuberculosis and her love for Juliana propels Ruth to undertake a perilous journey.She intrepidly sets off from Auckland to find the man known as Nelson and his rumoured stockpile of pharmaceutical drugs. Word has it he is based at the old Huka Lodge. Along with the handsome Lance Hinckley and enigmatic Adebowale Ackers, Ruth travels by steamboat up the Waikato River - the only practical way. The group journeys through settlements that have sprung up along the river as people try to re-establish their lives in this precarious time. With society itself broken, will Ruth manage to keep her commitment to her sister without compromising her own values?Inspired by Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, this post-apocalyptic, partly comedic novel reveals that things are not always what they seem. After an international meltdown, New Zealand, along with the rest of the world, has shut down. Ruth's sister is dying from tuberculosis and her love for Juliana propels Ruth to set off from Auckland to find a rumoured stockpile of pharmaceutical drugs near Taupo. This involves undertaking a perilous journey by boat down the Waikato River. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. 2016. Auckland psychologist, Jason Winston, grieving over the death of his sister and increasingly disorientated by dreams and visions, begins to experience an alternate reality. Here he encounters Aja, a woman on a mission to discover who destroyed her village by stealing their powerful source of fuel.2026. Auckland suffers an ecological crisis: the bee population is almost wiped out and the human population exposed to a debilitating virus. Isolated camps are established in the bush for those infected.2036. A time of increasing food shortages, growing unrest and the influence of 'The Flock', which promises a haven for young people fearful of their future. Jason, old and increasingly frail, is approached by a young woman, Griffin, troubled by her own disturbing dreams and visions. Do they offer unusual insight or are they a sign of psychosis? Does she have access to timeless wisdom or is she delusional? Can Jason help her find a way to comprehend the past, survive the present and create a better future?Moving seamlessly between different times and places, and with its intertwining of mythology, psychology, philosophy, ecology and environmental concerns, The Time Lizard's Archaeologist explores the psyche of the modern world. A novel with intertwining themes of mythology, psychology, philosophy, ecology and environmentalconcerns, it captures the psyche of a world in which widespread ecological disaster is unfolding. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Maurice, a small-town librarian, dies one Monday morning in a fiery car crash, and finds himself in a very unexpected afterlife, in which naked people host cocktail parties and an angelic mafia calls the shots. Meanwhile, Maurice's daughter struggles to come to terms with the death of a father she barely knew, and starts writing letters to him, trying to make sense of her family's complicated history. As Andy comes closer to discovering a long-hidden secret, Maurice and Kit uncover a terrifying heavenly plot, and for the first time ever Maurice must decide: will he stand and fight for something . or risk losing everything?A wonderfully original read, this debut novel is a cross between Alice Sebold's 'The Lovely Bones' . and anything by Jasper Fforde. Quirky, clever, and poignant. 'The Library of Unfinished Business' is about the magic of storytelling, the importance of living bravely, and the power of love to triumph, even over death. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. When the bones of amother and her child, wrapped in a Shetland lace shawl, are dug up from aforgotten graveyard, two worlds collide.Ariel is rural tough, raised in the defiantrepublic that is Whangamomona. When herchildhood nemesis is found decapitated in a sports car beneath the bull bars ofAriels ute, her world implodes. She hasno recollection of the accident but now a court trial is looming and rumoursare running hot. Ariel seeks refuge back at university in Dunedin where sheprefers the company of old gold mining bones to real people.Isbell is alsotough and running from ghosts. She is a whisperer who prefers the company ofhorses to real people. As a young womanshe has left behind depression times in Shetland and now makes her way fromBallarat, Australia to the New Zealand goldfields caring for 54 Cobb and Cocoach horses in the hold of the SS India.The year is1861.Is there a linkbetween these two worlds wrapped in that old shale?This is a stand-alonesequel to 'The Strength of Eggshells', winner of the 2020 NZ Booklovers Awardfor best adult fiction. When the bones of amother and her child, wrapped in a Shetland lace shawl, are dug up from aforgotten graveyard in New Zealand, two worlds collide. Ariel seeks refuge froman impending court trial and, in 1861, Isbell travels to the New Zealand goldfields. Is there a linkbetween these two worlds wrapped in that old shale? This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Maurice, a small-town librarian, dies one Monday morning in a fiery car crash, and finds himself in a very unexpected afterlife, in which naked people host cocktail parties and an angelic mafia calls the shots. Meanwhile, Maurice's daughter struggles to come to terms with the death of a father she barely knew, and starts writing letters to him, trying to make sense of her family's complicated history. As Andy comes closer to discovering a long-hidden secret, Maurice and Kit uncover a terrifying heavenly plot, and for the first time ever Maurice must decide: will he stand and fight for something . or risk losing everything?A wonderfully original read, this debut novel is a cross between Alice Sebold's 'The Lovely Bones' . and anything by Jasper Fforde. Quirky, clever, and poignant. 'The Library of Unfinished Business' is about the magic of storytelling, the importance of living bravely, and the power of love to triumph, even over death. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. It's 1981 and New Zealand is about to host the Springboks from apartheid South Africa for a national rugby tour. The well-supported protest movement pitches against a nation of die-hard rugby supporters. Despite growing public protest, the Government and Rugby Union are adamant the tour will proceed.Beth returns from London. Her World War 2 veteran father is a rugby fanatic, her brother becomes a protestor embroiled in street violence. She studies law and meets Viktor who, unknown to her, is a member of the notorious Police Red Squad. What will happen to their polarised relationship in a country where the very survival of civil order is at risk?In this fast-paced novel, the nuances and tensions of the infamous 1981 Springbok Tour are probed and laid bare. Set in 1981 when New Zealand hosted the Springboks rugby team from apartheid South Africa. Beth's family, divided by the protests, finds her family loyalty now complicated by a love affair. In this fast-paced novel, the nuances and tensions of the infamous 1981 Springbok Tour are laid bare. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Nell is born to a new century, her early life forged in the freedoms of the NZ high country. Her own freedom is tested: by family expectation, by husband Herb's pride, by the rigours of family life on a Maniototo sheep station.Nell dares to step beyond the bounds; she revels and stumbles in love; encounters the perils of a woman's life, of motherhood and loss; she embraces the consolation of friendship and seeks a worldview that can hold it all.In this vivid and lyrically narrated chronicle of a life, readers will resonate with Nell's quintessentially New Zealand character- her failings, her integrity, her compassion and strength."In writing a novel of her life, I expected gaps and guesswork, but instead found a presence and a life, vivid and corporeal, that unfolded scene by scene."Emma Neale:". an astonishingly vivid and moving chronicle of an individual's life . A kind of spiritual biography." Nell is born to a new century, her early life forged in the freedom of the NZ high country but that freedom is tested by the rigors of family life. In this vivid and lyrically narrated chronicle of a life, readers will resonate with Nell's quintessentially New Zealand character, her failings, her integrity, her compassion and strength. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. She's six feet tall and handles a motorbike like a professional, but Kate has insecurities that match her height and she ignores her past by pushing her fingers into her ears.Why did her mother Jane only communicate through poetry? What became of her grandmother Meredith who traveled up the Whanganui River on a paddle steamer to marry a returned soldier in an ill-fated valley, beyond the Bridge to Nowhere? And what should Kate do about her own two-pointed love triangle? Somewhere out there are the answers; out where only her motorbike can take her.The Strength of Eggshells explores the lives of strong rural New Zealanders, set against the fragile isolation of a farm upbringing, two world wars and a landscape that is inevitably slipping beyond reach. Shes six feet tall and handles a motorbike like a professional, but Kate has insecurities that match her height and she ignores her past by pushing her fingers into her ears. With a mother who communicated only through poetry and a grandmother who lived in an isolated valley, this is a great story of discovery and revelation. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. When the bones of amother and her child, wrapped in a Shetland lace shawl, are dug up from aforgotten graveyard, two worlds collide.Ariel is rural tough, raised in the defiantrepublic that is Whangamomona. When herchildhood nemesis is found decapitated in a sports car beneath the bull bars ofAriels ute, her world implodes. She hasno recollection of the accident but now a court trial is looming and rumoursare running hot. Ariel seeks refuge back at university in Dunedin where sheprefers the company of old gold mining bones to real people.Isbell is alsotough and running from ghosts. She is a whisperer who prefers the company ofhorses to real people. As a young womanshe has left behind depression times in Shetland and now makes her way fromBallarat, Australia to the New Zealand goldfields caring for 54 Cobb and Cocoach horses in the hold of the SS India.The year is1861.Is there a linkbetween these two worlds wrapped in that old shale?This is a stand-alonesequel to 'The Strength of Eggshells', winner of the 2020 NZ Booklovers Awardfor best adult fiction. When the bones of amother and her child, wrapped in a Shetland lace shawl, are dug up from aforgotten graveyard in New Zealand, two worlds collide. Ariel seeks refuge froman impending court trial and, in 1861, Isbell travels to the New Zealand goldfields. Is there a linkbetween these two worlds wrapped in that old shale? This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Imogen Maguire is bewildered when in 2018 she is accosted in a Melbourne Street by a mysterious stranger who says her grandfather in New Zealand needs her help. But her grandfather is dead, isn't he? A former journalist, Imogen decides to investigate and travels to Taranaki where she finds that her grandfather is very much alive and someone is trying to frighten the old man off his farm.A long shadow hangs over her grandfather's land stretching from 1864, when two young Irishmen join the British army in its fight against the Taranaki Maori, to 1975, when Imogen's grandparents arrive fleeing trouble in Ireland. Their daughter Aoife, Imogen's mother, hates the new country her parents have brought her to, yet she knows it is impossible to return to Ireland. The Irishman she encounters sheltering in a hedge is as lost as she is. An engrossing thriller. Imogen, a former journalist, is bewildered when a mysterious stranger says her grandfather in New Zealand needs help. She finds a long shadow hangs over her grandfather's land - from 1862 when the British army fought the Taranaki Maori, to 1974 when Imogen's grandparents arrive, fleeing trouble in Ireland. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Life is already unfair for 15-year-old Mariana. Her father's missing and her activist mother is dead. Marooned with hergrandparents in the cyclone-wrecked South Island, life is dominated by Carapace, a corrupt corporation. When Marianawears a red dress to her new school, she breaks an obscure rule and puts her family at risk.Mariana yearns to stand up for her friend Filiki, who's trapped in Carapaces school-to-prison pipeline. Fear keeps hersilent. When Mariana finally speaks up, its to disastrous effect and puts everyone she loves in danger.As she confronts her fears, Mariana must make her voice heardbecause this time it might change everything. Life is already unfair for 15-year-old Mariana. Life isdominated by Carapace, a corrupt corporation. When Mariana breaks an obscure rule at school she puts her family at risk. Butshe must make her voice heard A haunting novel about the difference one voice can make. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. She's six feet tall and handles a motorbike like a professional, but Kate has insecurities that match her height and she ignores her past by pushing her fingers into her ears.Why did her mother Jane only communicate through poetry? What became of her grandmother Meredith who traveled up the Whanganui River on a paddle steamer to marry a returned soldier in an ill-fated valley, beyond the Bridge to Nowhere? And what should Kate do about her own two-pointed love triangle? Somewhere out there are the answers; out where only her motorbike can take her.The Strength of Eggshells explores the lives of strong rural New Zealanders, set against the fragile isolation of a farm upbringing, two world wars and a landscape that is inevitably slipping beyond reach. Shes six feet tall and handles a motorbike like a professional, but Kate has insecurities that match her height and she ignores her past by pushing her fingers into her ears. With a mother who communicated only through poetry and a grandmother who lived in an isolated valley, this is a great story of discovery and revelation. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Nell is born to a new century, her early life forged in the freedoms of the NZ high country. Her own freedom is tested: by family expectation, by husband Herb's pride, by the rigours of family life on a Maniototo sheep station.Nell dares to step beyond the bounds; she revels and stumbles in love; encounters the perils of a woman's life, of motherhood and loss; she embraces the consolation of friendship and seeks a worldview that can hold it all.In this vivid and lyrically narrated chronicle of a life, readers will resonate with Nell's quintessentially New Zealand character- her failings, her integrity, her compassion and strength."In writing a novel of her life, I expected gaps and guesswork, but instead found a presence and a life, vivid and corporeal, that unfolded scene by scene."Emma Neale:". an astonishingly vivid and moving chronicle of an individual's life . A kind of spiritual biography." Nell is born to a new century, her early life forged in the freedom of the NZ high country but that freedom is tested by the rigors of family life. In this vivid and lyrically narrated chronicle of a life, readers will resonate with Nell's quintessentially New Zealand character, her failings, her integrity, her compassion and strength. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. When the bones of amother and her child, wrapped in a Shetland lace shawl, are dug up from aforgotten graveyard, two worlds collide.Ariel is rural tough, raised in the defiantrepublic that is Whangamomona. When herchildhood nemesis is found decapitated in a sports car beneath the bull bars ofAriels ute, her world implodes. She hasno recollection of the accident but now a court trial is looming and rumoursare running hot. Ariel seeks refuge back at university in Dunedin where sheprefers the company of old gold mining bones to real people.Isbell is alsotough and running from ghosts. She is a whisperer who prefers the company ofhorses to real people. As a young womanshe has left behind depression times in Shetland and now makes her way fromBallarat, Australia to the New Zealand goldfields caring for 54 Cobb and Cocoach horses in the hold of the SS India.The year is1861.Is there a linkbetween these two worlds wrapped in that old shale?This is a stand-alonesequel to 'The Strength of Eggshells', winner of the 2020 NZ Booklovers Awardfor best adult fiction. When the bones of amother and her child, wrapped in a Shetland lace shawl, are dug up from aforgotten graveyard in New Zealand, two worlds collide. Ariel seeks refuge froman impending court trial and, in 1861, Isbell travels to the New Zealand goldfields. Is there a linkbetween these two worlds wrapped in that old shale? This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Imogen Maguire is bewildered when in 2018 she is accosted in a Melbourne Street by a mysterious stranger who says her grandfather in New Zealand needs her help. But her grandfather is dead, isn't he? A former journalist, Imogen decides to investigate and travels to Taranaki where she finds that her grandfather is very much alive and someone is trying to frighten the old man off his farm.A long shadow hangs over her grandfather's land stretching from 1864, when two young Irishmen join the British army in its fight against the Taranaki Maori, to 1975, when Imogen's grandparents arrive fleeing trouble in Ireland. Their daughter Aoife, Imogen's mother, hates the new country her parents have brought her to, yet she knows it is impossible to return to Ireland. The Irishman she encounters sheltering in a hedge is as lost as she is. An engrossing thriller. Imogen, a former journalist, is bewildered when a mysterious stranger says her grandfather in New Zealand needs help. She finds a long shadow hangs over her grandfather's land - from 1862 when the British army fought the Taranaki Maori, to 1974 when Imogen's grandparents arrive, fleeing trouble in Ireland. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. She's six feet tall and handles a motorbike like a professional, but Kate has insecurities that match her height and she ignores her past by pushing her fingers into her ears.Why did her mother Jane only communicate through poetry? What became of her grandmother Meredith who traveled up the Whanganui River on a paddle steamer to marry a returned soldier in an ill-fated valley, beyond the Bridge to Nowhere? And what should Kate do about her own two-pointed love triangle? Somewhere out there are the answers; out where only her motorbike can take her.The Strength of Eggshells explores the lives of strong rural New Zealanders, set against the fragile isolation of a farm upbringing, two world wars and a landscape that is inevitably slipping beyond reach. Shes six feet tall and handles a motorbike like a professional, but Kate has insecurities that match her height and she ignores her past by pushing her fingers into her ears. With a mother who communicated only through poetry and a grandmother who lived in an isolated valley, this is a great story of discovery and revelation. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Nell is born to a new century, her early life forged in the freedoms of the NZ high country. Her own freedom is tested: by family expectation, by husband Herb's pride, by the rigours of family life on a Maniototo sheep station.Nell dares to step beyond the bounds; she revels and stumbles in love; encounters the perils of a woman's life, of motherhood and loss; she embraces the consolation of friendship and seeks a worldview that can hold it all.In this vivid and lyrically narrated chronicle of a life, readers will resonate with Nell's quintessentially New Zealand character- her failings, her integrity, her compassion and strength."In writing a novel of her life, I expected gaps and guesswork, but instead found a presence and a life, vivid and corporeal, that unfolded scene by scene."Emma Neale:". an astonishingly vivid and moving chronicle of an individual's life . A kind of spiritual biography." Nell is born to a new century, her early life forged in the freedom of the NZ high country but that freedom is tested by the rigors of family life. In this vivid and lyrically narrated chronicle of a life, readers will resonate with Nell's quintessentially New Zealand character, her failings, her integrity, her compassion and strength. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. It's 1981 and New Zealand is about to host the Springboks from apartheid South Africa for a national rugby tour. The well-supported protest movement pitches against a nation of die-hard rugby supporters. Despite growing public protest, the Government and Rugby Union are adamant the tour will proceed.Beth returns from London. Her World War 2 veteran father is a rugby fanatic, her brother becomes a protestor embroiled in street violence. She studies law and meets Viktor who, unknown to her, is a member of the notorious Police Red Squad. What will happen to their polarised relationship in a country where the very survival of civil order is at risk?In this fast-paced novel, the nuances and tensions of the infamous 1981 Springbok Tour are probed and laid bare. Set in 1981 when New Zealand hosted the Springboks rugby team from apartheid South Africa. Beth's family, divided by the protests, finds her family loyalty now complicated by a love affair. In this fast-paced novel, the nuances and tensions of the infamous 1981 Springbok Tour are laid bare. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Life is already unfair for 15-year-old Mariana. Her father's missing and her activist mother is dead. Marooned with hergrandparents in the cyclone-wrecked South Island, life is dominated by Carapace, a corrupt corporation. When Marianawears a red dress to her new school, she breaks an obscure rule and puts her family at risk.Mariana yearns to stand up for her friend Filiki, who's trapped in Carapaces school-to-prison pipeline. Fear keeps hersilent. When Mariana finally speaks up, its to disastrous effect and puts everyone she loves in danger.As she confronts her fears, Mariana must make her voice heardbecause this time it might change everything. Life is already unfair for 15-year-old Mariana. Life isdominated by Carapace, a corrupt corporation. When Mariana breaks an obscure rule at school she puts her family at risk. Butshe must make her voice heard A haunting novel about the difference one voice can make. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.