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I’ve been reading
Below are some of the books I’ve been reading.
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Everything is Beautiful and Everything Hurts
everything is beautiful and everything hurts
Josie Shapiro
This debut novel by Auckland author, Josie Shapiro, tells the story of Mickey Bloom a young woman who has a complicated and turbulent relationship with running. The sport, while ultimately liberating, is also inextricably entwined with some of Mickey’s most challenging life experiences. -
Current Reading – Holding the ACEs
Holding the ACEs
Glen Colquhoun
Essential reading. New Zealand GP and poet, Glen Colquhoun, reflects on the impact adverse childhood events have had on the lives of the young people he sees at the Horowhenua Youth Health Service. Powerful, poignant, and at times a devastating read, this essay will leave its imprint. Hopefully it can serve as a catalyst for change. -
Current Reading – A Beginner’s Guide to Japan
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REMEMBER ME
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LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY
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The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
the seven moons of maali almeida
Shehan Karunatilaka
This Booker Prize-winning novel is a sharp-witted and confronting political satire set in the liminal space between Sri Lanka of the 1990s and the afterlife. Murderer photojournalist Maali Almeida has seven moons to attend to any unfinished business (including finding out who murdered him), before he must move towards the Light or forever be condemned to exist in limbo. Powerful, disturbing, brave writing. -
Megan Nicol Reed – One of Those Mothers
One of Those Mothers
Megan Nicol Reed
In this page-turning domestic drama, a dark secret hovers over the seemingly benign Auckland community of Point Heed. Doubt, suspicion and panic soon start to unravel close friendships. As the story moves towards the denouement, moral conundrums plague principal players and questions of complicity swirl, even after the close.