Tate Bronwyn (11 results)

Softcover. Condition: As New. First Edition. An old-fashioned garden in Christchurch, painted by Margaret Stoddart in about 1910 is featured on the cover of this beautiful novel by Bronwyn Tate. In the foreground glows a bed of beautiful irises. In the language of flowers, the iris signifies "I have a message for you". As a symbol, it was the fleur-de-lys of the royal family of France, known as the Flower of Chivalry, with a sword for its leaves and a lily for its heart. The author weaves these images through the lives of ten very different contemporary people and their experiences of giving birth, of loss and rediscovery.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.…

octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

octavo paperback (near new); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. 244 pages. cover creased, inside cover and page edge stained, text in good conditionRussian Dolls is a novel with a large framework - generations of the same New Zealand family back to 1868, a woman of today uncovering the tale of her maiden great aunt and a soldier in World War I. In her search, Isla finds other family stories against which her own experience since she left home stormily at the ag e of seventeen reverberates.The landscape is as important in this novel as t he people, taking the reader from a quiet rural valley to the trenches of war-to rn Europe, and closing on a Nelson beach where 'the sea crept in and out across the sand flats' and the line between sea and sky is invisible.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 303 pages. 303pp. light age toning to page edgesThis is a novel in which you will meet some extraordinary characters -- the Moxo n sisters, Max Bloody Tapper -- and find at least three layers of story. Outward ly its all quite simple -- Rick has a bit of a mid-life crisis and Hazel carries on coping. But as the two work through their break-up and its fall-out -- Rick in Australia and Hazel in New Zealand -- events at a country swimming-hole one s ummer long ago begin to haunt them both.…

paperback. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 205 pages.

paperback. Condition: Good. Good. Dust Jacket NOT present. CD WILL BE MISSING. . SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Softcover. Condition: Good. This is a novel in which you will meet some extraordinary characters - the Moxon sisters, Max BloodyTapper - and find at least three layers of story. Outwardly its all quite simple - Rick has a bit of a mid-life crisis and Hazelcarries on coping. But as the two work through their break-up and its fall-out - Rick in Australia and Hazel in New Zealand -events at a country swimming-hole one summer long ago begin to haunt them both.…