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Love Nina by Nina Stibbe
$26.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
Being a nanny is great. Not like a job really, just like living in someone else's life. Today before breakfast Sam had to empty the dishwasher and Will had to feed the cat. Sam: I hate emptying the dishwasher. MK: We all do, that's why we take turns. Will: I hate the cat. MK: We all do, that's why we ta ...Show more
Man at the Helm by Nina Stibbe
$37.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
Not long after her parents' separation, heralded by an awkward scene involving a wet Daily Telegraph and a pan of cold eggs, nine-year-old Lizzie Vogel, her sister and little brother and their now divorcee mother are packed off to a small, slightly hostile village in the English countryside. Their moth ...Show more
Old Filth by Jane Gardam; Nina Stibbe (Introduction by)
$27.99 NZD
Category: Fiction and NZ Fiction
'I love Jane Gardam, especially Old Filth' Nina Stibbe'One of the finest writers around. Old Filth has stayed with me for years...Can't think of anyone who achieves so much with so few words' Sathnam Sanghera'Her work, like Sylvia Townsend Warner's, has that appealing combination of elegance, erudition ...Show more
One Day I Shall Astonish the World by Nina Stibbe
$37.00 NZD
Category: Fiction and NZ Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
From the prize-winning author of Reasons to be Cheerful comes a story about the ebb and flow of female friendship over half a lifetime'A true gift of a novel, I utterly adored it. For as long as I could make it last, the world just felt a bit nicer' Meg Mason'Stibbe turns out more perfect, sharp, unique ...Show more
Reasons to be Cheerful by Nina Stibbe
$28.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
'When people in the village heard I was about to start working in the city they tried to unsettle me with tales of woe. The sun, blotted out by the tall buildings, couldn't shine and the rain was poisoned by the toxic fumes that poured from the sock factories. My skin would be covered in pimples from th ...Show more
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