Rua
$35.04
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
1 January 2025
Summary
Rua is a young Maori woman learning to navigate the world on her own terms. She dreams of becoming a writer and one day moving to New York City to begin a life far removed from the one she knows.
In her tight-knit community, where whanau is everything and loyalty runs deep, gang tensions ripple through daily life, eroding the relationships that hold it together. A day of celebration ends in tragedy. In the aftermath, a soldier’s diary from the Taranaki Wars draws Rua into long-buried …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781776891993 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1776891996 |
| Author: | Candice Tutauha |
| Publisher: | David Bateman Ltd |
| Imprint: | David Bateman Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2025 |
| Dimensions: | 153mm x 234mm |
| Series: | Rua Series |
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Candice Tutauha
Candice Tutauha (Ngati Ruanui, Te Atihaunui a Paparangi) is a writer from Aotearoa New Zealand whose work explores identity, whanau, disability, and the ties between past and present. She holds a Master of Creative Writing with First Class Honours from the University of Auckland and has undertaken research connected to the Taranaki Wars. Living with XLH, Candice is passionate about creating stories that centre disabled Māori protagonists and underrepresented voices. Rua is her debut novel.
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