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
Collected Stories: Patricia Grace ~ by Patricia Grace
29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
The collected edition of Patricia Grace's stories brings together all the work contained in her first three books of short stories. It is one of the finest collections of stories by any New Zealand writer. Also available as an eBook
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
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.