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Synopsis
In a creaking old house, in the Far North of New Zealand, lives an old woman called Maria, who some call the 'witch of Waipu.' It is more than fifty years since she has lived as part of the community. Maria is descended from a line of strong women who have followed the fierce and charismatic preacher, Norman McLeod, across the world. McLeod and a group of crofters set off from Ullapool in the Highlands of Scotland in 1817, headed towards Nova Scotia. The crofters had been dispossessed from their homes following 'the clearances' by their landlords, after the battle at Culloden. \n\nAfter nearly forty years at Cape Breton, in Nova Scotia, some of the settlers moved on to Australia, looking for more fertile land and easier living. In all, they built six ships: the "Margaret", "Highland Lass", "Gertrude", "Spray", "Breadalbane" and "Ellen Lewis" McLeod, by this time, was recognized as a great leader, but his attitudes were harsh, particularly towards women who had opinions of their own. \n\nSome people wanted to follow him to the ends of the earth, but others chose to stay behind. Disaster struck in Australia, when three of McLeod's sons died of typhoid within six weeks of each other. McLeod petitioned Governor Grey for land in New Zealand, and a settlement in Waipu was established in 1853.
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Fiona Kidman has published over 25 books, including novels, poetry, non-fiction and a play. She has worked as a librarian, creative writing teacher, radio producer and critic, scriptwriter for radio, television and film, but primarily as a writer. The New Zealand Listener wrote: ‘In her craft and her storytelling and in her compassionate gutsy tough expression of female experience, she is the best we have.'
She has been the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships; in more recent years The Captive Wife was runner-up for the Deutz Medal for Fiction and was joint-winner of the Readers' Choice Award in the 2006 Montana New Zealand Book Awards, and her short story collection The Trouble With Fire was shortlisted for both the NZ Post Book Awards and the Frank O'Connor Award.
She was created a Dame (DNZM) in 1998 in recognition of her contribution to literature, and more recently a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour.‘We cannot talk about writing in New Zealand without acknowledging her,' wrote New Zealand Books. ‘Kidman's accessible prose and the way she shows (mainly) women grappling to escape from restricting social pressures has guaranteed her a permanent place in our fiction.'
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- PublisherPan Macmillan
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0330271407
- ISBN 13 9780330271400
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
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The Book of Secrets
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Picador, Auckland, 1988
ISBN 10: 0330271407
ISBN 13: 9780330271400
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 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 from Scotland in 1817 to found a settlement in Nova Scotia, then subsequently to New Zealand via Australia. Their incredible journeys actually happened, and in this winner of the New Zealand Book Awards, Fiona Kidman breathes life and contemporary relevance into the facts by creating a remarkable fictional story of three women entangled in the migrations - Isabella, her daughter Annie and granddaughter Maria. McLeod's harsh leadership meant that anyone who ran counter to him had to live a life of secrets. The 'secrets' encapsulated the spirit of these women in their varied reactions to McLeod's strict edicts and connect the past to the present and future. previous owner's name sticker at the top of the first page, and the insides of the front and rear cover showed darkening from age. There is no other damage to describe. First softcover edition. Size: Mid Sized Paperback ( 7¾" - 9¾" tall ). 274 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN: 0330271407. ISBN/EAN: 9780330271400. Inventory No: 0250963. Seller Inventory # 0250963
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2. Auflage. 274, (6) S. Ill. Orig.-Broschur. Taschenbuch. - Rücken leicht berieben, mit Lesespuren und kleinem Einriß; Buchblock schiefgelesen. Papier altersbedingt leicht gebräunt. Ansonsten gut erhaltenes Exemplar. Innen sauber. Seller Inventory # 089792
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