Aue /
Manawatu, Becky,
Aue / Becky Manawatu. - 327 pages ; 23 cm.
Taukiri was born into sorrow. Aue can be heard in the sound of the sea he loves and hates, and in the music he draws out of the guitar that was his father's. It spills out of the gang violence that killed his father and sent his mother into hiding, and the shame he feels about abandoning his eight-year-old brother to a violent home. But Arama is braver than he looks, and he has a friend and his friend has a dog, and the three of them together might just be strong enough to turn back the tide of sorrow. As long as there's aroha to give and stories to tell and a good supply of plasters. Here is a novel that is both raw and sublime, a compelling new voice in New Zealand fiction.
. Jann Medlicott Acorn prize for fiction 2020. Ockham New Zealand Book Awards MITOQ BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD – HUBERT CHURCH PRIZE FOR FICTION 2020.
9780995111028
Brothers--Fiction.
Dysfunctional families--Fiction.
Māori (New Zealand people)--Fiction.
Gang members--New Zealand--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Human-animal relationships--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Psychological fiction.
New Zealand fiction--21st century.
Aue / Becky Manawatu. - 327 pages ; 23 cm.
Taukiri was born into sorrow. Aue can be heard in the sound of the sea he loves and hates, and in the music he draws out of the guitar that was his father's. It spills out of the gang violence that killed his father and sent his mother into hiding, and the shame he feels about abandoning his eight-year-old brother to a violent home. But Arama is braver than he looks, and he has a friend and his friend has a dog, and the three of them together might just be strong enough to turn back the tide of sorrow. As long as there's aroha to give and stories to tell and a good supply of plasters. Here is a novel that is both raw and sublime, a compelling new voice in New Zealand fiction.
. Jann Medlicott Acorn prize for fiction 2020. Ockham New Zealand Book Awards MITOQ BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD – HUBERT CHURCH PRIZE FOR FICTION 2020.
9780995111028
Brothers--Fiction.
Dysfunctional families--Fiction.
Māori (New Zealand people)--Fiction.
Gang members--New Zealand--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Human-animal relationships--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Psychological fiction.
New Zealand fiction--21st century.