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No easy answers, Kirstie Archer

Posted on December 1, 2001 by NZ Books

A Passing Guest Elspeth Sandys Flamingo, $24.95, ISBN 1869504054 In A Passing Guest, Elspeth Sandys bravely tackles contemporary New Zealand issues which many Pakeha authors shy away from: Maori and Pakeha relationships, Maori poverty, gang culture, and family breakdown. The…

Tagged with: Elspeth Sandys, Flamingo, Issue 56, Kirstie Archer, Summer 2001
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

Whose story is it, anyway? Kirstie Archer

Posted on December 1, 2001 by NZ Books

The Fox Boy: The Story of an Abducted Child Peter Walker Bloomsbury, $29.95, ISBN 0747556466 Browsing in a Wellington bookshop, it was with delight that I picked up a copy of The Fox Boy. Here appeared to be a book…

Tagged with: Bloomsbury, December 2001, Issue 51, Kirstie Archer, Peter Walker
Posted in History, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review