{"product_id":"whaea-blue","title":"Whaea Blue","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePolly and Wiki and all the other kuia ride on the roof of Kerry’s Toyota Corona with its navy blistered bonnet .\u003c\/em\u003e . . \u003cem\u003eThey do this for all the moko; they are everywhere and roam inside us as they keep weaving the net and it’s no small thing that only a few slip through.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"\u003eTime and whakapapa slowly unravel as Talia Marshall weaves her way across Aotearoa in a roster of decaying European cars. Along the way she will meet her father, pick up a ghost, transform into a wharenui, and make cocktail hour with Ans Westra.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"\u003eMen will come – Roman, Ben, Isaac – and some go. Others linger. And it is these men – her father, Paul, and grandfathers Mugwi Macdonald and Jim; her tīpuna Nicola Sciascia, tohunga Kipa Hemi Whiro, Kupe himself – who she observes as she moves backwards into the future. With her ancestor Tūtepourangi she relives Te Rauparaha’s bloody legacy, and attempts and fails to write her great historical novel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"\u003eBut it is her wāhine, past and present, who carry her, even as the ground behind her smoulders.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"\u003eTempestuous and haunting, \u003cem\u003eWhaea Blue\u003c\/em\u003e is a tribute to collective memory, the elasticity of self, and the women we travel through. It is a karanga to and from the abyss. It is a journey to peace.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"\u003e‘This is a wild road trip, frightening and funny. You can taste all the food, see all the ghosts, hear the ancestors. It’s a masterclass in honesty. It’s one for the wāhine. Through Marshall’s extraordinary storytelling I saw and laughed with the people she loves, and cried for those she wished had stayed.’ —Becky Manawatu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eWhaea Blue\u003c\/em\u003e is a fiercely original memoir with a fresh Māori perspective, scanning the record of inter-iwi hatreds, curses, war, and colonial aftershocks. In the process, she crafts a complex personal relationship to Māori identity. No one is spared in this droll, lyrical memoir, least of all the author herself. Marshall dives fearlessly into the darkest topics – pain, loss, abandonment, violence, death, madness, war – and comes up with a testament you won’t forget.' —John Dolan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"\u003e‘Marshall’s whirlwind prose effortlessly slams the reader with neck-snapping speed from laughter to sorrow to recognition to disbelief and then back again.  An uncommonly good debut by an author who is as original as she is undeniable.’ —Victor Rodger\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43584709984453,"sku":"","price":40.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/9781776920136.jpg?v=1717890438","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/whaea-blue","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}