- Fiction, Maori (New Zealand people), Traditional farming, Real estate developers
This book is about the Tamihana family who faces many problems. A disabled boy comes into their life out of nowhere but is immediately becomes a part of the family. The community is brought together by this one child because he also comes with a special gift of knowing. Unfortunately, this family hits a turning point. There is some unfinished business from the past that comes into play with their lives again.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and contemporary.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Patricia Grace
- First published
- 1986
- Pages
- 192
- Publisher
- Unionsverlag, Capuchin Classics, Women's Press Ltd,The
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English, German
- ISBN
- 9780824817060
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Patricia Frances Grace DCNZM QSO (née Gunson; born 17 August 1937) is a New Zealand Māori writer of novels, short stories, and children's books. She began writing as a young adult, while working as a teacher. Her early short stories were published in magazines, leading to her becoming the first female Māori writer to publish a collection of short stories, *Waiariki*, in 1975. Her first novel, *Mutuwhenua: The Moon Sleeps*, followed in 1978. Since becoming a full-time writer in the 1980s, Grace has written seven novels, seven short-story collections, a non-fiction biography and an autobiography. Her works explore Māori life and culture, including the impact of Pākehā (New Zealand European) an
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