Mutuwhenua
Author: Grace, Patricia
ISBN: 9780143019329
Publisher: Penguin NZ
Year first published: 04 May 2004
Pages: 156
Format: Paperback / softback
This is the story of Ripeka, who leaves her extended family and its traditional lifestyle to marry Graeme, a Pakeha schoolteacher. In the strange world of the city, Ripeka discovers that she cannot make the break with her whanau and that the old ways are too strong. Patricia Grace s first novel is a powerful, moving story of contrasts - between light and darkness, old and new, young and old, and Maori and Pakeha.
Also available as an eBook
ISBN: 9780143019329
Publisher: Penguin NZ
Year first published: 04 May 2004
Pages: 156
Format: Paperback / softback
This is the story of Ripeka, who leaves her extended family and its traditional lifestyle to marry Graeme, a Pakeha schoolteacher. In the strange world of the city, Ripeka discovers that she cannot make the break with her whanau and that the old ways are too strong. Patricia Grace s first novel is a powerful, moving story of contrasts - between light and darkness, old and new, young and old, and Maori and Pakeha.
Also available as an eBook
