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Withholding and unfolding, Ashleigh Young
Mune: An Autobiography Ian Mune Craig Potton Publishing, $49.99, ISBN 9781877517334 Navigation: A Memoir Joy Cowley Penguin Books, $45.00, ISBN 9780143205715 Searching for Grace: A Woman’s Quest for her True Identity Carol Henderson and Heather Tovey Steele Roberts, $39.99, ISBN…
Tagged with: Ashleigh Young, Carol Henderson, Cath Tizard, Craig Potton Publishing, Heather Tovey, Ian Mune, Issue 94, Joy Cowley, Penguin Books, Random House, Steele Roberts, Winter 2011
Posted in Autobiography, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Autobiography, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Playing the game, Garth Baker
The Legend of Beau Baxter Ivan Dunn HarperCollins, $36.99, ISBN 9781869508234 A Perfect Gentleman: The Sir Wilson Whineray Story Bob Howitt HarperCollins, $49.99, ISBN 9781869508173 All Blacks Don’t Cry: A Story of Hope John Kirwan Penguin Books,…
Tagged with: Autumn 2011, Beau Baxter, Bob Howitt, Garth Baker, HarperCollins, Issue 93, Ivan Dunn, John Kirwan, Penguin Books, Sir Wilson Whineray
Posted in Autobiography, Biography, Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Posted in Autobiography, Biography, Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Family alone, Malcolm Geard
A Life on Gorge River Long Long Random House, $39.99, ISBN 9781869793302 A Life on Gorge River is an impressive and sometimes touching narrative that should appeal to all lovers of the great outdoors and perhaps to many others…
Tagged with: Issue 92, Long Long, Malcolm Geard, Random House, Summer 2010
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
A long and winding road, John Raeburn
Cockney Kid: The Making of an Unconventional Psychologist Tony Taylor Silver Owl Press, $44.95, ISBN 0986451916 I approached this memoir with some trepidation. Its sheer scale made it a daunting read – 437 pages, and weighing in at around a…
Tagged with: Issue 91, John Raeburn, Silver Owl Press, Spring 2010, Tony Taylor
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
Teacup warriors, Les Cleveland
Fernleaf Cairo: New Zealanders at Maadi Camp Alex Hedley (with Megan Hutching) HarperCollins, $36.39, ISBN 9781869507718 Grey Ghosts: New Zealand Vietnam Vets Talk About their War Deborah Challinor HarperCollins, $36.99, ISBN 9781869507718 Things Have Been Pretty Lively: The Great War…
Tagged with: Alex Hedley, Deborah Challinor, Doug King, Fraser Books, HarperCollins, Issue 87, Les Cleveland, Megan Hutching, Neil Frances, Patricia Stroud, Spring 2009, Wairarapa Archives
Posted in Autobiography, Biography, History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in Autobiography, Biography, History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Acting out, Michael Nicolaidi
Nola Millar: A Theatrical Life Sarah Gaitanos Victoria University Press, $50.00, ISBN 0864735375 Just Who Does He Think He Is? George Webby Steele Roberts, $30.00, ISBN 1877338826 Once upon a time – 40 years ago – a convergence of forces…
Tagged with: Issue 80, Michael (Mike) Nicolaidi, Nola Millar, Sarah Gaitanos, Steele Roberts, Summer 2007, Victoria University Press
Posted in Autobiography, Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Autobiography, Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Surviving immigration, Coral Atkinson
The Smell of an Oily Rag Cherry Simmonds Random House, $27.99, ISBN 1869418492 Purple Heart Ta’afuli Andrew Fiu Random House, $27.99, ISBN 1869418042 A New Zealand joke, current in the 1970s, entailed asking how one knew when a 747 carrying…
Tagged with: Cherry Simmonds, Issue 79, Random House, Spring 2007, Ta’afuli Andrew Fiu
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
Committed and convicted, Anne Else
To Cry Inside: Love, Death and Prison Lesley Martin Penguin, $29.95, ISBN 0143020382 “You are best to read To Die Like a Dog first”, writes Lesley Martin, introducing To Cry Inside. So I did. Written as a film script, the…
Tagged with: Anne Else, Autumn 2007, Issue 77, Lesley Martin, Penguin
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
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