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All Day at the Movies by Fiona Kidman
38.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: Very Good
Wry, moving, beautifully observed and politically astute, this latest novel from one of our finest chroniclers pinpoints universal truths through very New Zealand lives. Life isn't always like it appears in the movies. In 1952, Irene Sandle takes her young daughter to Motueka. Irene was widowed during ...Show more
All the Way to Summer - Stories of Love and Longing by Fiona Kidman
40.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories | Reading Level: very good
A powerful collection of stories exploring love and longing from the award-winning author of This Mortal Boy. Fiona Kidman's early stories about New Zealand women's experiences scandalised readers with their vivid depictions of the heartbreaks and joys of desire, illicit liaisons and unconventional love ...Show more
At the End of Darwin Road by Fiona Kidman
34.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: good-very good
This absorbing memoir explores the first half of writer Fiona Kidman's life, notably in Kerikeri in Northland. From the distance of France, she reconsiders the past. A vivid memoir of place and family, and of becoming a writer. First published March 2008.
Paddys Puzzle by Fiona Kidman
24.95 NZD
26.95 (7% off)
Category: NZ Fiction
In a strange old building referred to as Paddy's Puzzle, Clara Bently endures the fears of wartime and awaits the arrival of her lover, Ambrose. He's an American Marine. And he's black. Having grown up in suburban Hamilton, her move to Auckland marks an excape from the dreariness and restrictions of ...Show more
So Far, For Now by Fiona Kidman
38.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biographies & Memoirs
Evocative, wry and thought-provoking, this is a rewarding journey with one of our finest writers. It is a little over a decade since Fiona Kidman wrote her last volume of memoir. But her story did not end on its last page; instead her life since has been busier than ever, filled with significant changes ...Show more
Songs from the Violet Cafe by Fiona Kidman
26.99 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: good- very good
A woman rows across a lake with a small part-Asian child. The woman is Violet Trench, who in future years will run the Violet Caf? with an iron will.Those who work in her caf? come from a diverse range of backgrounds, but each with their own troubles and each affected by working for this enigmatic woman ...Show more
Songs from the Violet Cafe by Fiona Kidman
23.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
The experience of working for Violet Trench in her small-town cafe in the summer of 1963 shapes the lives of a group of women including Jessie Sandal, who follows Violet's influence as far as Cambodia.Fiona Kidman explores family relationships and the difficult journey to female independence.
The Best New Zealand Fiction:Volume 1 by Fiona Kidman (Ed)
29.95 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Superb fiction from top writers, both established and emerging, nestles between the gorgeous paua covers of this anthology. Well-known contributors include Fiona Farrell, Stephanie Johnson and Patricia Grace.
The Best New Zealand Fiction:Volume 2 by Fiona Kidman (Editor)
29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: Near Fine
Another wonderful capsule of the current state of NZ lit, featuring contributions from numerous talented authors including Fiona Farrell, Charlotte Grimshaw, Karyn Hay, Annamarie Jagose, Elizabeth Smither. All done up for summer, with a festive pohutukawa-blossom cover.
The Best New Zealand Fiction:Volume 3 by Fiona Kidman (ed)
34.99 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
With wonderful new work from tried and true storytellers Fay Weldon and Sue McCauley as well as exciting recent arrivals such as Alice Tawhai and Jo Randerson, this anthology shows thereÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂà ...Show more
The Book of Secrets by Fiona Kidman
26.95 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: very good
In 1854, a group of settlers established a community at Waipu in the northern part of New Zealand. They were led there by a stern preacher, Norman McLeod. The community had followed him from Scotland in 1817 to found a settlement in Nova Scotia, then subsequently to New Zealand via Australia. Their incr ...Show more
The Book of Secrets by Fiona Kidman
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: Very Good
A classic, prize-winning novel about an epic migration and a lone woman haunted by the past in frontier Waipu. In the 1850s, a group of settlers established a community at Waipu in the northern part of New Zealand. They were led there by a stern preacher, Norman McLeod. The community had followed him fr ...Show more