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Rotoroa
Rotoroa
Rotoroa
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Rotoroa Island in the Hauraki Gulf, tiny and isolated, is home to a Salvation Army facility for alcoholic men. It's also where three people at very different points in their lives share a fleeting encounter. There is Katherine, known to history as Elsie K. Morton, famous journalist and author; Jim, an alcoholic with a young family; and Lorna, a teenage mother who has turned to religion, looking for a fresh start. As the stories of their lives are revealed, so too are their hopes and vulnerabilities. Set in the 1950s, as New Zealand society is starting to change under the pressure of new cultural energies, Rotoroa is a compassionate, beautifully unfolding examination of loss and the possibility of renewal. Told with subtlety and intelligence, this novel affirms Amy Head as a remarkable new voice.This daring novel doesn't shout at you. It makes its moves with such care and concealment that it's a total surprise to find it has pressed such a weight against your chest. A beguiling and brilliant achievement!' —Damien Wilkins
LanguageEnglish
Release dateMar 1, 2019
ISBN9781776562435
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