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All the Nice Girls by Barbara Anderson
24.99 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
Devenport Naval Base, New Zealand, 1962: With her husband away at sea, Sophie Flynn's life is becoming considerably complicated. She has two children to look after, the captain's wife to minister to, a wayward sister to keep an eye on, and an elderly neighbor to nurse. As if that wasn't enough, Sophie f ...Show more
Change of Heart by Barbara Anderson
27.95 NZD
Category: Fiction
Oliver Gurth Perkins is 75, and the darkest cloud on his horizon is that the local bookshop no longer stocks collected volumes of the Times cryptic crosswords. He has an easy companionship with his wife; his dental practice is undemanding; his son is a decent enough sort; and his granddaughter who comes ...Show more
Collected Stories by Barbara Anderson
29.95 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
A wonderful mix of Barbara AndersonÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs short fiction, including six stories not previously published in New Zealand. ÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂHer irony, compassion, awareness of the significance of small moments, neatly deflating use of anticlimax and sense of the ridiculous place h ...Show more
Getting There: An Autobiography by Barbara Anderson
50.00 NZD
Category: Cooking & Food | Reading Level: Very Good
Barbara Anderson, one of New Zealand's finest and most loved writers, has written a classic autobiography. Getting There. An Autobiography (title TBC) is both a moving life story with which many readers, especially women, will identify, and a revealing insight into the making of a major writer. In part ...Show more
Getting There: an Autobiography by Barbara Anderson
30.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Barbara Anderson, one of New Zealand's finest and most loved writers, has written a classic autobiography. Getting There An Autobiography is both a moving life story with which many readers, especially women, will identify, and a revealing insight into the making of a major writer. In part one Anderson ...Show more
I Think We Should Go into the Jungle by Barbara Anderson
19.95 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Long Hot Summer by Barbara Anderson
29.95 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: very good
It's 1936, at the beginning of a long, unshadowed summer, when a group of families gathers at the Beach. To enliven their lazy days, James Clements - the most handsome man in the Bay - decides to shoot an amateur cowboy film. James enlists the expertise of local Maori along with the holidaymakers. In do ...Show more
Portrait of the Artist's Wife by Barbara Anderson
29.95 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
New edition, first published in 1992. Both Barbara Anderson and her character, the free-spirited Sarah randy, take artistic licence in this engaging saga of ageless appeal and enjoyment. Sarah is a New Zealand painter who grows up in the Hawkes Bay, marries Jack, a novelist, travels to Europe, has affai ...Show more
Proud Garments by Barbara Anderson
10.00 NZD
Category: Interior Design | Reading Level: good
The Peacocks and other stories by Barbara Anderson
14.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: very good