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Paperback. Zustand: Good. Back cover creased. 349 pages.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. 349 pages. worn copy, spine frayedThey were all in some sense seeking sanctuary, a respite at least from the pres sures and problems of life on the mainland. They did not arrive together. They w ere not a group. Some had not thought beyond escaping from the past. Others were more intent in working out a future. All though in their different ways were tr ying to find a foothold in the changing tide of male/female relationships. But M otuwairua, Island of the Spirit, was to force them together. As the vegetation g rew with hot-house abandon, as the insects swarmed and flourished, so predilecti ons became obsessions--Page 4 of cover.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 349 pages. cover faded, cover corner creased, writing on inside cover, text lightly tannedThey were all in some sense seeking sanctuary, a respite at least from the pres sures and problems of life on the mainland. They did not arrive together. They w ere not a group. Some had not thought beyond escaping from the past. Others were more intent in working out a future. All though in their different ways were tr ying to find a foothold in the changing tide of male/female relationships. But M otuwairua, Island of the Spirit, was to force them together. As the vegetation g rew with hot-house abandon, as the insects swarmed and flourished, so predilecti ons became obsessions--Page 4 of cover.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 352 pages. Dj faded, spine cocked, page edge foxed, text in good conditionFrom Publishers WeeklyIn this ingratiating successor to Other Halves , three families, alike only in vivacity and need, crowd onto a ferry bound for the island of Motuwairua, off the coast of Auckland. The reader's heart is insta ntly captured by Maureen, whose passionate regard for her children exacerbates h er doubts about herself, and by Josiefair, fat and 46and Geoff, unencumbered b y Josie's offspring for the first time in their seven years together. Keith, a l apsed journalist haunted by dreams of madness and death, stands in woeful contra st to the others, with whomquickened now by prospects of renewal on this island of the spirithis fate will become entwined. Before their paths cross, Maureen, estranged from her shiftless husband, shores up the sagging cottage the dole al lows her, Josie and Geoff acquire a couple of lambs and four Shetland ponies, an d Keith settles in with a lesbian feminist squatting in the house lent him by a colleague. But underlying and enriching these physical details are the exuberanc e, the eager, argumentative talk, the warm roundness of people who involve the r eader in their mundane tasks, while lucidly discussing issues of parenting, lesb ian politics and nuclear disaster. By no means a polemic, this sustained narrati ve is alternately tragic and uproariously funny, and always engrossing.Copyr ight 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 362 pages. dj worn & chipped. Shelf wear. name ffep. some foxingOriginally published: Auckland : Hodder and Stoughton, 1986.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 352 pages. From Publishers WeeklyIn this ingratiating successor to Other Halves , three families, alike only in vivacity and need, crowd onto a ferry bound for the island of Motuwairua, off the coast of Auckland. The reader's heart is insta ntly captured by Maureen, whose passionate regard for her children exacerbates h er doubts about herself, and by Josiefair, fat and 46and Geoff, unencumbered b y Josie's offspring for the first time in their seven years together. Keith, a l apsed journalist haunted by dreams of madness and death, stands in woeful contra st to the others, with whomquickened now by prospects of renewal on this island of the spirithis fate will become entwined. Before their paths cross, Maureen, estranged from her shiftless husband, shores up the sagging cottage the dole al lows her, Josie and Geoff acquire a couple of lambs and four Shetland ponies, an d Keith settles in with a lesbian feminist squatting in the house lent him by a colleague. But underlying and enriching these physical details are the exuberanc e, the eager, argumentative talk, the warm roundness of people who involve the r eader in their mundane tasks, while lucidly discussing issues of parenting, lesb ian politics and nuclear disaster. By no means a polemic, this sustained narrati ve is alternately tragic and uproariously funny, and always engrossing.Copyr ight 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. …