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  • All Day at the Movies

    par Fiona Kidman ...
    **Plumes of flame pierced the night sky, curling and licking and caressing the hurrying clouds, and there was nothing anyone could do except watch the crop burn ...**In 1952, war widow Irene Sandie takes up work in New Zealand's tobacco fields, hoping to build a new life for herself and her daughter. But this bold act of female self-sufficiency triggers a sequence of events whose repercussions are ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD

  • Captive Wife, The

    par Fiona Kidman ...
    When Betty Guard steps ashore in Sydney, in 1834, she meets with a heroine's welcome. Her survival during a four-month kidnapping ordeal amongst Taranaki Maori is hailed as nothing short of a miracle. But questions about what really happened slowly surface within the ,lite governing circles of the raw new town of Sydney. Jacky Guard, ex-convict turned whaler, had taken Betty as his wife to his New ... En savoir plus

    $13.99 CAD

  • The Book of Secrets

    par Fiona Kidman ...
    A classic, prize-winning novel about an epic migration and a lone woman haunted by the past in frontier Waipu.In the 1850s, a group of settlers established a community at Waipu in the northern part of New Zealand. They were led there by a stern preacher, Norman McLeod. The community had followed him from Scotland in 1817 to found a settlement in Nova Scotia, then subsequently to New Zealand via ... En savoir plus

    $13.99 CAD

  • So Far, For Now

    par Fiona Kidman ...
    Evocative, wry and thought-provoking, this is a rewarding journey with one of our finest writers. It is a little over a decade since Fiona Kidman wrote her last volume of memoir. But her story did not end on its last page; instead her life since has been busier than ever, filled with significant changes, new writing and fascinating journeys. From being a grandmother to becoming a widow, from the ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD

  • Jean Batten, Pilotin

    Roman

    par Fiona Kidman ...
    Traduit par Barbara Weidle ...
    FIONA KIDMANS Roman erzählt die spannende Lebensgeschichte der neuseeländischen Flugpionierin Jean Batten (1909-1982). In den 1930er Jahren wurde sie als »die Garbo der Lüfte« zur Ikone der modernen Flugkunst. Bei ihrem ersten Versuch, nach Australien zu fliegen, scheitert sie grandios mit einem alten Flugzeug des Prinzen von Wales. Doch sie gibt nicht auf. 1936 gelingt ihr der erste Soloflug ... En savoir plus

    $32.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • A Needle in the Heart

    par Fiona Kidman ...
    A collection of six compelling stories linked by a central issue in the lives of the main characters, the defining incident that shapes their futures: the disappearance of a brother; an illegitimate child born to a young girl; a traumatic court case; a woman caught between the deep friendship of two men; a lost lover; a betrayal. They are generally stories about country women, whose children have ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Best of Fiona Kidman's Short Stories

    par Fiona Kidman ...
    An engrossing collection of short stories from one of New Zealand's most distinguished writers. Fiona Kidman first wrote short stories in the 1960s and has continued to publish them in books, magazines and journals ever since. Her style has evolved as she has explored different forms over the years, but her piercingly vivid realisations of everyday people have remained a characteristic of her ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD

  • This Mortal Boy

    par Fiona Kidman ...
    The offender is not one of ours. It is unfortunate that we got this undesirable from his homeland.'Auckland, October 1955. If young Paddy Black sings to himself he can almost see himself back home in Belfast. Yet, less than two years after sailing across the globe in search of a better life, here he stands in a prison cell awaiting trial for murder. He pulled a knife at the jukebox that night, but ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD

  • At The End Of Darwin Road: A Memoir

    A Memoir

    par Fiona Kidman ...
    'What I have to tell is largely a personal narrative about how I came to inhabit a fictional world' This absorbing memoir explores the first half of writer Fiona Kidman's life, notably in Kerikeri amid the 'sharp citric scent of orange groves, bright heat and . . . the shadow of Asia' - at the end of Darwin Road. From the distance of France, where Kidman spent time as the Katherine Mansfield ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • Preservation

    par Fiona Kidman ...
    A serious but also blackly funny short story about old friendships, love and formaldehyde by one of New Zealand's most distinguished writers. Now middle-aged, the one-time teenage rebels live staid, safe lives, while their friend Jan, who had been the good one of their pack, is now locked up in prison. With Jan's mother just dead, there is no one to organise the funeral except for her two old ... En savoir plus

    $2.99 CAD

  • True Stars

    par Fiona Kidman ...
    Who is trying to scare Rose? This gripping novel is a vivid portrayal of New Zealand in the 1980s. Rose Kendall is alone. She is isolated from her children, her friends, and her political ideals, and there is someone trying to scare her - she doesn't know why and she doesn't know who. True Stars shows the tensions and divisions in 1980s New Zealand, which were echoed both on a national level and ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD

  • A Breed of Women

    par Fiona Kidman ...
    A bestselling and influential novel, this compulsive story examines women's changing lives. 'One thing she had learnt was that she and Leonie belonged to a breed of women who were indestructible. They were survivors.' Taking risks is something Harriet seems driven to do as she struggles to retain her identity as a woman in the face of opposing demands from society. Through her adolescence in ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD