Mutuwhenua
SKU: 9780143019329
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Author:GRACE Patricia
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ISBN:9780143019329
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Publication Date:May 2004
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Pages:155
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Binding:Paperback
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Publisher:Penguin Books
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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.
2004 digital reprint edition.