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Fiona Kidman
A powerful collection of stories exploring love and longing from the award-winning author of This Mortal Boy.
Two mothers fight over who will wear a hat on their children's wedding…
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In this book Fiona Kidman explores self-discovery achieved through, and often in spite of, social and family ties. Clara’s struggle to assert her independence against a background of oppression and…
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An evocative memoir about the emergence of a pre - eminent writer in a changing world. ‘What I have to tell is largely a personal narrative about how I came…
Kidman’s powerful novel explores the controversial topic of the death penalty with characteristic empathy and a probing eye for injustice. Winner of The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2019, the…
This enthralling novel tells the story of the rise and fall of one of the world’s greatest aviators, the glamorous, daring and mysterious Jean Batten.
Ranging in time from the colonial period to the present day, these stories by one of New Zealand’s foremost writers are beautifully crafted, intriguing and evocative.
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The lives of a group of young women converge in 1960s New Zealand in a moving time- and continent-spanning saga.
The dark legacy of the past echoes through the generations in this moving family saga beginning in 1950s New Zealand.
A prize-winning historical novel that has become a New Zealand classic.
This classic has been released in the Popular Penguin format to mark 50 years of publishing in New Zealand…
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On journeys, widowhood and stories that are never over
Evocative, wry and thought-provoking, this is a rewarding journey with one of our finest writers.
It is a little over a…
Based on real events, this is the compelling story of a marriage, of love and duty, and the quest for freedom in a pioneering age.
Less than two years after sailing across the globe in search of a better life, Paddy Black stands in a prison cell awaiting trial for murder. He pulled a knife…
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…
Fiona Kidman’s early stories about New Zealand women’s experiences scandalised with their vivid depictions of the heartbreaks and joys of desire, illicit liaisons and unconventional love. Her writing made her…
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