Ribbons of Grace by Maxine Alterio
35.00 NZD
36.00 (2% off)
Category: NZ Fiction
Ribbons of Grace is set in Arrowtown, a frontier town with an explosive mix of inhabitants, during the Otago goldrush of the 1860s. It focuses on the love affair between Ming Yuet, a young Chinese woman, and Conran, an Orcadian stonemason. Ming Yuet, an intelligent, resourceful young woman, has taken on ...Show more
The God Boy by Ian Cross
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics | Reading Level: Very Good
Im a God boy, Sister, I said. You dont have to worry about me, Im a God boy. Jimmy Sullivan believed he was protected by God until his parents unhappy marriage finally broke down, with tragic consequences. Now a disturbed thirteen-year-old at a Catholic boarding school, Jimmy rages at God for fa ...Show more
Bliss and Other Stories - out of print by Katherine Mansfield
24.95 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics
In the title story of this collection, we meet Bertha, a young married woman, who experiences a blissful sexual awakening, only to be cruelly disillusioned. In the 14 stories in this collection, the characters reveal the universal struggle of human beings to fulfil their expectations.
Believers to the Bright Coast by Vincent O'Sullivan
33.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
The infamous Dr. Crippen's mistress finds a new life in disreputable Auckland in the early days of the century. A French nun, Marie Claire, gives herself to working among the disabled and the poor... Young Spicer, a slow-witted lad who looks great in a chauffeur's uniform, finds himself deeply involved ...Show more
The Sky People by Grace, Patricia
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
In this collection of stories, we meet the Sky People - those who are wounded in love or by circumstance and those who are unwanted or dispossessed; the challenge to human dignity and its redemption.
Author's Choice O/P by Owen Marshall
29.95 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
A quirky, unusual New Zealand short story collection in which 24 of New Zealand's leading writers choose their own favourite story. Each writer supplies a short statement explaining why they regard this story so highly and there is a photograph.
The Grandiflora Tree by Shonagh Koea
29.95 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
A haunting first novel about a woman struggling to cope with her husband's death. When Bernadette Crichton finds her husband dead, under the beautiful grandiflora tree, she assumes a widowhood that is unconventional and strange. Exiled inside her large house, Bernadette refuses to 'see or be seen' b ...Show more
Let the River Stand by Vincent O'Sullivan
29.95 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
This first novel by Vincent O'Sullivan is set in rural New Zealand in the 1930-40s against a backdrop of the depression and two World Wars. Alex, tall and solitary, finds himself in Spain fighting with the Republicans.
Holy Days by Joy Cowley
34.95 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Brian's mother has gone to be with the saints and he misses her terribly. He finds a little haven at the local convent and becomes indispensable to the three remaining nuns. As the unlikely friendship between the young boy and the elderly women deepens, the nuns dream up a wonderful treat for Colin - to ...Show more
Ellie and the Shadow Man by Maurice Gee
34.95 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: very good
This superb novel from the bestselling Maurice Gee is the story of Ellie. It is a story in five parts, each languishing on a significant period of her life. It ranges from the 1950s when, as a girl, she lived in a YWCA hostel in Lower Hutt, to her twenties where she lives on a commune in Nelson, through ...Show more
Going West by Maurice Gee
28.00 NZD
30.00 (6% off)
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: very good
For all the promise of his name, Jack Skeat cannot be a poet. His friend Rex Petley - eel-catcher, girl-chaser, motorbike rider - takes that prize.Is he also a murderer?And why, forty years later, does he drown out on the Gulf? Jack has to find out, and so, decades later, is drawn to examine their lives ...Show more
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