The House at Karamu

by Beryl Fletcher

Overview

The experience of growing up in a poverty-stricken, working-class neighborhood in New Zealand begins this insightful memoir of one woman's life as she struggles to maintain dignity and develop her voice as a writer. A few months spent in an old kauri villa during childhood provide an opportunity for reading books by candlelight and listening to the call of the moreporks. A father whose leftist sensibilities offer a vision of a better world is among the characters who figure prominently in the narrative. A writer's eye for detail makes this memoir a moving and beautiful story.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781876756352
Publisher:	Spinifex Press
Publication date:	09/01/2004
Pages:	438
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.28(d)

About the Author

Beryl Fletcher is the author of The Bloodwood Clan, The Iron Mouth, The Silicon Tongue, and The Word Burners. She is a graduate of the University of Iowa Writer's Workshop. She is a former writer-in-residence at Waikato University.

Editorial Reviews

"This Kiwi writer reflects on her past 40 years, incorporating her childhood through to her marriage and motherhood. You'll be tempted to plough through this in one sitting, but if you try and rush through it you won't do Beryl's poetic style any justice." —Rachelle Macintosh, New Idea

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