"Fiona Kidman, a poet, is a beautiful writer." The TimesIn 1952, war widow Irene takes her young daughter to start a new life in New Zealand's tobacco fields. But tragedy forces her into the arm
The experience of working for Violet Trench in her small-town cafe in the summer of 1963 shapes the lives of a group of women including Jessie Sandal, who follows Violet's influence as far as Cambodia
"Kidman couldn't produce a poor paragraph if she tried to and this is a narrative thatI have to say ittakes wing."New Zealand HeraldThis enthralling novel is based on the life of one
Winner of The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2019Winner of the Ngaio Marsh Awards 2019Winner of the New Zealand Booklovers Prize for Fiction 2019Winner of the NZ Heritage Book Awards 2018'Kidman's pro
