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Whaea Blue

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Whaea Blue

Author Talia Marshall

Publisher Te Herenga Waka

$40.00

Whaea Blue: A Haunting Karanga Through Memory and Land
Polly, Wiki, and the kuia ride atop Kerry’s battered Toyota Corona, a constant presence, weaving a protective net. Time and whakapapa unravel as Talia Marshall journeys across Aotearoa in a series of aging cars. Along her path, she encounters her father, embraces a ghost, transforms into a wharenui, and shares cocktail hour with Ans Westra.

Men enter her life – Roman, Ben, Isaac – some departing, others lingering. She observes these men – her father, Paul, grandfathers Mugwi Macdonald and Jim; ancestors Nicola Sciascia, tohunga Kipa Hemi Whiro, and Kupe – moving backwards into the future. With Tutepourangi, she relives Te Rauparaha’s legacy, struggling to write her historical novel.

But it is the wahine, past and present, who sustain her as the past smolders.

Whaea Blue is a fierce exploration of collective memory, the fluidity of self, and the women who shape us. It is a karanga to and from the abyss; a quest for peace.

2 in stock

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