Islands / Peggy Frew.
Momo rauemi: TextKaiwhakaputa: Crows Nest, New South Wales : Allen & Unwin, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Whakaahuatanga: 309 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781760528744
- A823.4 23
Momo tuemi | Tauwāhi onāianei | Kohinga | Tau karanga | Tūnga | Rā oti | Waeherepae | Ngā puringa tuemi | |
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Fiction | Hāwera LibraryPlus Fiction | Fiction | FREW (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | Wātea | i2187572 | |||
Fiction | Kaponga LibraryPlus Fiction | Fiction | FREW (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | Wātea | i2187573 | |||
Fiction | Stratford Fiction | Fiction | FRE (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | Wātea | A00843814 |
"There was a house on a hill in the city and it was full of us, our family, but then it began to empty. We fell out. We made a mess. We draped ourselves in blame and disappointment and lurched around, bumping into each other. Some of us wailed and shouted; some of us barely made a sound. None of us was listening, or paying attention. And in the middle of it all you, very quietly, were gone." Helen and John are too preoccupied with making a mess of their marriage to notice the quiet ways in which their daughters are suffering. Junie grows up brittle and defensive, Anna difficult and rebellious. When fifteen-year-old Anna fails to come home one night, her mother's not too worried; Anna's taken off before but always returned. Helen waits three days to report her disappearance. But this time Anna doesn't come back ...
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