Notes From A Broad
2nd Edition
de Maura O'Connor
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À propos du livre
In 1974 Paddy and Maura O'Connor emigrated from Ireland to New Zealand with their four children. In each of the following six years, Maura wrote two or three lengthy epistles, typing them on stencils, printing off thirty or forty copies on a Gestetner and posting them to friends and family back home.
Between the lines of the resulting family journal is a snapshot of New Zealand in the late seventies from the perspective of the newly-arrived. The 1975 change of Government, education and social policies, Maori culture, the Catholic Church, Rob Muldoon, Michael Fowler, Brian Edwards, NZ slang and the price of butter are all grist for the mill. The “average kiwi” doesn’t come away unscathed either.
This collection of letters, unabridged and uncensored, is not for the faint hearted or easily offended.
Between the lines of the resulting family journal is a snapshot of New Zealand in the late seventies from the perspective of the newly-arrived. The 1975 change of Government, education and social policies, Maori culture, the Catholic Church, Rob Muldoon, Michael Fowler, Brian Edwards, NZ slang and the price of butter are all grist for the mill. The “average kiwi” doesn’t come away unscathed either.
This collection of letters, unabridged and uncensored, is not for the faint hearted or easily offended.
Caractéristiques et détails
- Catégorie principale: Biographies et mémoires
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Format choisi: 15×23 cm
# de pages: 208 - Date de publication: mars 12, 2013
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À propos du créateur
Maura O'Connor
Wellington, New Zealand
Maura O’Connor is the author of the best-selling non-fiction 'Grammar Made Easy' and more recently an anthology of poems and songs 'Making a Song and a Dance About Life'. In 2006 Maura was the subject of the multi-award-winning documentary 'Amn’t I?' Maura lives in Wellington, New Zealand with her husband Paddy. They have no pets.