Whaea Blue
eBook - ePub

Whaea Blue

  1. 352 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Whaea Blue

About this book

Time 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. Men will come ā€“ Roman, Ben, Isaac ā€“ and some go. Others linger. And it is these men ā€“ her father, Paul, and grandfathers Mugwi Macdonald and Jim; her tipuna Nicola Sciascia, tohunga Kipa Hemi Whiro, Kupe himself ā€“ who she observes as she moves backwards into the future. With her ancestor Tutepourangi she relives Te Rauparaha' s bloody legacy, and attempts and fails to write her great historical novel. But it is her wahine, past and present, who carry her, even as the ground behind her smoulders. Tempestuous and haunting, Whaea Blue 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.

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Information

Publisher
Te Herenga Waka University Press
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781776922673
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover page
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. 1 Echo Valley
  6. 2 Chicken feet
  7. 3 The Tower
  8. 4 Golden whare
  9. 5 Wake up darling, wake up
  10. 6 The lake
  11. 7 Legs 11
  12. 8 The blue tūī
  13. 9 Saturnā€™s return
  14. 10 This is the way he walked into the darkest, pinkest part of the whale and cried donā€™t tell the others
  15. 11 Who are you killing?
  16. 12 Lazy Susan
  17. 13 The Queen of Swords
  18. 14 Cultural Supervision
  19. 15 Pelorus Jim
  20. 16 The War of the Rātā
  21. 17 Widow song
  22. 18 Dolphin Princess
  23. 19 Blue. Mother. Orange. Go.
  24. 20 The Greenstone Room
  25. 21 Orphan girl
  26. 22 Ladies of Pōrangahau
  27. 23 The matriarch
  28. 24 Sisters of mercy
  29. 25 The good brother
  30. 26 Hello America!
  31. 27 Baggage claim
  32. 28 Baby, this isnā€™t Wonderland
  33. 29 House music
  34. 30 The She Tree
  35. 31 Postcard from Ans and the cocktail hour on the Underworld
  36. 32 One path to the sea
  37. 33 Roman candles
  38. 34 Young man crying
  39. 35 The ruru
  40. 36 Today
  41. 37 Karanga mai
  42. Authorā€™s note
  43. List of illustrations
  44. Acknowledgements