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My kids are going to New Zealand in two months. Any fiction or nonfiction suggestions?

Cathy #recommend #fiction #nonfiction

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Zoe

Fiction – “The Luminairies” by Eleanor Catton

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Laura

How old are they?

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CathyQuestion author

29, my son and his wife. They will be in between jobs and will spend nearly 7 weeks there.

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Kris

Whale Rider? I know the movie but not the book. Seems a good fit though.

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Cecilia

The Promise: The Lover’s Heart by Hallie Jo. A beautiful allegory of forgiveness and redemption.

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Jennifer

Maurice Gee Under the Mountain. YA but still good for adults and very grounded in NZ geography. Janet Frame if you’re looking for more literary stuff. Alan Duff Once Were Warriors – a beautiful, hard novel and film. I don’t know anything more modern. I did my MA in NZ but that’s 17 years ago now I realize!

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Elizabeth

not new zealand, but australia: tomorrow when the war began

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Holly

A public library librarian came to speak to my classes one year and talked about this book. I don’t know about the students, but I enjoyed the series!

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Penelope

The Bone people. Keri Holme. Sometimes disturbing, always engrossing winner of the Booker (before it became the Man Booker)

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Patricia

Really an amazing book. Not an easy read, but I think it would be a great choice.

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Penelope

I reread it very recently and just as good as I remembered.

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Jenn

Once Were Warriors

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Sylvia

Oh, yes, the Bone People was soooo good!

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Celina

Lloyd Jones: I’ve read “Mr. Pip” (very good) and “A History of Silence: A Memoir” is on my TBR

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Liz

I wen there in 2016 and read The Luminaries. I also went to the west coast of the South Island where the story was set. Although Hokitika is now more of a beach town than the mining boom town of the 1860’s, I enjoyed reading it while I was in the country.

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Beverly

https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/new-zealand-fiction

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