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All Day at the Movies by Fiona Kidman
$38.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: Very Good
Wry, moving, beautifully observed and politically astute, this latest novel from one of our finest chroniclers pinpoints universal truths through very New Zealand lives. Life isn't always like it appears in the movies. In 1952, Irene Sandle takes her young daughter to Motueka. Irene was widowed during ...Show more
All the Way to Summer - Stories of Love and Longing by Fiona Kidman
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: very good
A powerful collection of stories exploring love and longing from the award-winning author of This Mortal Boy. Fiona Kidman's early stories about New Zealand women's experiences scandalised readers with their vivid depictions of the heartbreaks and joys of desire, illicit liaisons and unconventional love ...Show more
At the End of Darwin Road by Fiona Kidman
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: good-very good
This absorbing memoir explores the first half of writer Fiona Kidman's life, notably in Kerikeri in Northland. From the distance of France, she reconsiders the past. A vivid memoir of place and family, and of becoming a writer. First published March 2008.
So Far, For Now by Fiona Kidman
$38.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
Evocative, wry and thought-provoking, this is a rewarding journey with one of our finest writers. It is a little over a decade since Fiona Kidman wrote her last volume of memoir. But her story did not end on its last page; instead her life since has been busier than ever, filled with significant changes ...Show more
The Best New Zealand Fiction:Volume 1 by Fiona Kidman (Ed)
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Superb fiction from top writers, both established and emerging, nestles between the gorgeous paua covers of this anthology. Well-known contributors include Fiona Farrell, Stephanie Johnson and Patricia Grace.
The Best New Zealand Fiction:Volume 2 by Fiona Kidman (Editor)
$15.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: Near Fine
Another wonderful capsule of the current state of NZ lit, featuring contributions from numerous talented authors including Fiona Farrell, Charlotte Grimshaw, Karyn Hay, Annamarie Jagose, Elizabeth Smither. All done up for summer, with a festive pohutukawa-blossom cover.
The Best New Zealand Fiction:Volume 3 by Fiona Kidman (ed)
$17.50 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
With wonderful new work from tried and true storytellers Fay Weldon and Sue McCauley as well as exciting recent arrivals such as Alice Tawhai and Jo Randerson, this anthology shows thereÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂà ...Show more
The Book of Secrets by Fiona Kidman
$27.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: very good
In 1854, a group of settlers established a community at Waipu in the northern part of New Zealand. They were led there by a stern preacher, Norman McLeod. The community had followed him from Scotland in 1817 to found a settlement in Nova Scotia, then subsequently to New Zealand via Australia. Their incr ...Show more
The Book of Secrets by Fiona Kidman
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: Very Good
A classic, prize-winning novel about an epic migration and a lone woman haunted by the past in frontier Waipu. In the 1850s, a group of settlers established a community at Waipu in the northern part of New Zealand. They were led there by a stern preacher, Norman McLeod. The community had followed him fr ...Show more
The Captive Wife by Fiona Kidman
$29.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: very good
When Betty Guard steps ashore in Sydney in 1834, she meets with a heroine’s welcome — as befits a brave young woman who has survived being kidnapped by Taranaki Maori. But questions about Betty and her husband Jacky, a convict turned whaler, trouble the governing elite of the raw new town. Based on true ...Show more
The Captive Wife (Popular Penguin) by Fiona Kidman
$15.99 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction
A prize-winning novel that has become a New Zealand classic. When Betty Guard steps ashore in Sydney, in 1834, she meets with a heroine's welcome. Her survival during a four-month kidnapping ordeal amongst Taranaki Maori is hailed as nothing short of a miracle. But questions about what really happened s ...Show more
The Infinite Air by Fiona Kidman
$38.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: Very Good
A superbly written novel offering an intriguing interpretation of one of the world's greatest aviators, the glamorous and mysterious Jean Batten. Jean Batten became an international icon in the 1930s. A brave, beautiful woman, she made a number of heroic solo flights across the world. The newspapers co ...Show more