The Space Between
$25.99
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
5 March 2024
Summary
A gripping historical novel set amid the New Zealand Wars in 1860.
As English settlers wage war upon local iwi in colonial Taranaki, two women confront their pasts to survive the present.
Frances is an unmarried Londoner newly landed in New Zealand, 1860, at the dawn of the First Taranaki War. Once well-regarded, her family’s fall from grace sees them struggling to learn the strange etiquette of settler life.
When Frances comes face-to-face with Henry White, the man wh…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781776950812 |
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| ISBN-10: | 177695081X |
| Author: | Lauren Keenan |
| Publisher: | Penguin Group (NZ) |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 5 March 2024 |
| Weight: | 420g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 154mm x 233mm |
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Lauren Keenan
Lauren Keenan (Te Āti Awa ki Taranaki) is a writer of creative non-fiction, novels, short stories, and popular psychology.
She was a winner at the 2017 Pikihuia Awards for Māori writers and a finalist in the 2019 awards. Lauren was also a participant in the Te Papa Tupu mentoring programme. Her short stories have appeared in Huia Short Stories collections in 2015, 2017, and 2019.
In 2020, her book The 52 Week Project: How I Fixed My Life by Trying a New Thing Every Week for a Year was published. In 2022, her children’s novel Amorangi and Millie’s Trip Through Time was published. It was a finalist in the 2022 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, longlisted in the ARA Historical Novel Prize, and won the 2023 Book Lovers Award.
Her debut historical fiction novel, The Space Between, set against the backdrop of the New Zealand Wars, is a national bestseller.
Lauren holds a Master of Arts in Taranaki Māori History.
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