The Uncle's Story by Witi Ihimaera
34.95 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: very good
'We had an elder brother,' Auntie Pat said. 'His name was Sam. ' Her voice softened. She handed me the package. 'This will explain everything.' Michael Mahana's personal disclosure to his parents leads to the uncovering of another family secret - about his uncle, Sam, who had fought in the Vietnam War. ...Show more
Love in the Land of Midas by Kapka Kassabova
34.95 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Veronique Loublier decides to spend some time in Thessaloniki, trying to understand what her father was doing in Greece when he died. She begins to pick up the threads of the mysterious story of her grandfather, Pascal, who disappeared during the Greek Junta of 1967. Pascal's story has haunted Veronique ...Show more
City of Reeds by Tina Shaw
27.95 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
The story of three sisters who grow up and leave a small New Zealand town. The story shifts backwards and forwards in time and location, but it is anchored in their present day lives. The childhood they remember seems lovely, but it doesn't take long to realise that everyone is damaged in some way.
The Curative by Charlotte Randall
27.95 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: very good
This is the story of an inmate in Bedlam, the London mental asylum, in the early 19th century. Living in appalling conditions he still manages to be witty, urbane and seemingly sane. As the story unfolds we learn about life in the asylum, about his life before Bedlam and how he came to be there.
Plumb by Maurice Gee
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Maurice Gee's acclaimed novel Plumbwas the winner of the Wattie Book Award and the New Zealand Fiction Award. His brilliant picture of the intolerant, irascible clergyman George Plumb is regarded as one of the very finest New Zealand novels.
Quintessence: Erotic Adventures of Fantasy and Desire by Christine Leov Lealand
27.99 NZD
29.00 (3% off)
Category: NZ Fiction
Christine Leov Lealand is one of New Zeland's most well known writers of erotic fiction. Quintessence is her first and very successful novel in this genre. When Tiffany, Louise and the women at the agency get together to compare experiences, it's a world of lust and erotic limits that they explore ...Show more
Talking About O'Dwyer by C. K. Stead
29.95 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
Out of Print. Runner-up for the Montana Book Awards 2000 Deutz Medal for FictionWhat really happened to a soldier in the infamous Maori Battalion, killed in battle for Crete during World War II? Half a century later, two Oxford dons attend the funeral of expatriate New Zealander O'Dwyer, and one reveals ...Show more
Classical Music by Joy Cowley
27.95 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Delia and Bea, sisters, but never close. Delia lives a glamorous life in New York and Bea lives thousands of miles away in New Zealand, looking after elderly parents and playing the role of dutiful daughter. Delia and Bea both long for the warmth and intimacy of sisterhood, but it always eludes them.Whe ...Show more
After Robert by Sarah Quigley
24.95 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Halley looks at the comet Soho nightly. But she knows it's not here to stay. She knows that Soho, like Robert, will soon disappear, leaving her with nothing but grief and an empty sky. So she moves with it: from London she follows Soho to southern skies, and arrives in New Zealand. Claudia is already th ...Show more
Live Bodies by Maurice Gee
28.00 NZD
30.00 (6% off)
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: very good
As a young man in Vienna in the 1930s, Josef Mandl was a member of underground left-wing groups battling the Nazis. In New Zealand during the Second World War Mandl is judged a communist agitator and interned on Somes Island along with several other Germans and Italians. Josef makes two unsuccessful att ...Show more
Having Words with You: Stories by Sarah Quigley
24.95 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
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