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War stories, Anne Else
Passing Through Coral Atkinson Dancing Tuatara, $35.00, ISBN 9780473262693 Heartland Jenny Pattrick Black Swan, $37.00, ISBN 9781775535850 Tropic of Guile Sue McCauley Xlibris, $42.00, ISBN 9781483683195 All three of these novels centre on hard-won survival against the odds of poverty,…
Tagged with: Anne Else, Black Swan, Coral Atkinson, Dancing Tuatara, Issue 108, Jenny Pattrick, Sue McCauley, Summer 2014, Xlibris
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Girls under fire, Tatjana Schaefer
Copper Top Coral Atkinson Dancing Tuatara, $20.00, ISBN 9781877192388 Real Life Ella West Longacre Press, $19.99, ISBN 9781877460395 Brother Sister Soldier Cousin Phyllis Johnston Longacre Press, $17.99, ISBN 9781877460319 Three novels about teenage girls disconnected from their families and trying…
Tagged with: Coral Atkinson, Dancing Tuatara, Ella West, Issue 90, Longacre Press, Phyllis Johnston, Tatjana Schaefer, Winter 2010
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
That old stuff, Coral Atkinson
The Sea Between Carol Thomas HarperCollins, $36.99, ISBN 9781869507626 Weathered Bones Michele Powles Penguin Books, $28.00, ISBN 9780143011248 Flashback Forward John Cairney Black Swan, $29.99, ISBN 9781869419219 After generations of being like adolescents with no interest in “that old stuff”,…
Tagged with: Black Swan, Carol Thomas, Coral Atkinson, HarperCollins, Issue 86, John Cairney, Michele Powles, Penguin Books, Winter 2009
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Confessions of an historical romance virgin, Beryl Fletcher
The Paua Tower Coral Atkinson Black Swan, $27.99, ISBN 1869417623 The Sawdust Makers Jackie Fraser Hazard Press, $34.99, ISBN 187739307X Kitty Deborah Challinor HarperCollins, $34.99 ISBN 1869506014 First, a confession: I’m an historical romance virgin. This is either a good…
Tagged with: Beryl Fletcher, Black Swan, Coral Atkinson, Deborah Challinor, HarperCollins, Hazard Press, Issue 79, Jackie Fraser, Spring 2007
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Heroes, villains, fatal flaws, Jenny Robin Jones
Catching the Current Jenny Pattrick Black Swan, $27.95, ISBN 1869417259 Union Belle Deborah Challinor HarperCollins, $31.99, ISBN 186950559X The Love Apple Coral Atkinson Black Swan, $27.95, ISBN 1869417208 New Zealanders, we are told, are avid for their history. To help…
Tagged with: Black Swan, Coral Atkinson, Deborah Challinor, HarperCollins, Issue 72, Jenny Pattrick, Jenny Robin Jones, Summer 2005
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
What about the pets? Suzanne Innes-Kent
Recycled People: Forming New Relationships in Mid-life Coral Atkinson & Paula Wagemaker Shoal Bay Press, $24.95, ISBN 1877251046 Recycled People is a timely and welcome book. When one examines the generation of any timely idea, one discovers that it arises…
Tagged with: Coral Atkinson, Issue 48, June 2001, Paula Wagemaker, Shoal Bay Press, Suzanne Innes-Kent
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology