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At the End of Darwin Road by Fiona Kidman
$14.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Literature | Reading Level: good-very good
This absorbing memoir explores the first half of writer Fiona Kidman's life, notably in Kerikeri in Northland. From the distance of France, she reconsiders the past. A vivid memoir of place and family, and of becoming a writer. First published March 2008.
Beside the Dark Pool - A memoir Part 2 by Fiona Kidman
$14.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Literature | Reading Level: very good
In her first volume of memoir, Fiona Kidman described her background and childhood, evoking the places she lived in and the people she knew. It finished with the publication of her first, hugely successful novel. In this sequel she takes us through the writing of over 20 more books, of her involvement i ...Show more
Honey and Bitters: Poems by Fiona Kidman by Fiona Kidman
$15.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Poetry | Reading Level: good
New Zealand Love Stories - An Oxford Anthology by Fiona Kidman (ed.)
$15.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Fiction | Reading Level: very good
'I discovered with joy a truth I had long suspected, that we are, after all, a nation of passionate people.' - Fiona Kidman The first mention of the term 'love stories' conjures up images of couples who meet, fall in love, and live happily ever after. However, as Fiona Kidman astutely shows in this col ...Show more
New Zealand Love Stories An Oxford Anthology by Kidman, Fiona (ed.)
$30.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Literature | Reading Level: Near Fine
Paddy's Puzzle by Kidman, Fiona
$25.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Literature | Reading Level: Very Good
Ricochet Baby by Fiona Kidman
$14.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Fiction | Reading Level: very good
'When Roberta falls pregnant her whole family is filled with joy. Fallen is not exactly how Roberta would describe it, for she and Paul have planned the baby and it has been conceived at exactly the time they chose.' But the birth itself is not as anyone chooses and the circles that radiate from this cr ...Show more
Songs from the Violet Cafe by Fiona Kidman
$10.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Fiction | Reading Level: good- very good
A woman rows across a lake with a small part-Asian child. The woman is Violet Trench, who in future years will run the Violet Caf? with an iron will.Those who work in her caf? come from a diverse range of backgrounds, but each with their own troubles and each affected by working for this enigmatic woman ...Show more
The Best New Zealand Fiction:Volume 1 by Fiona Kidman (Ed)
$14.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Superb fiction from top writers, both established and emerging, nestles between the gorgeous paua covers of this anthology. Well-known contributors include Fiona Farrell, Stephanie Johnson and Patricia Grace.
The Best New Zealand Fiction:Volume 2 by Fiona Kidman (Editor)
$15.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Literature | Reading Level: Near Fine
Another wonderful capsule of the current state of NZ lit, featuring contributions from numerous talented authors including Fiona Farrell, Charlotte Grimshaw, Karyn Hay, Annamarie Jagose, Elizabeth Smither. All done up for summer, with a festive pohutukawa-blossom cover.
The Book of Secrets by Fiona Kidman
$20.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Fiction | Reading Level: good
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 community at Waipu in the northern part of New Zealand. They were led there by a stern preacher, Norman McLeod. The community had followed him fr ...Show more
The Foreign Woman by Fiona Kidman
$12.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Explores the unexpected depths of emotion that lie beneath the surface of the lives of ordinary women.