Backwaters / Emma Ling Sidnam.

Nā:

Sidnam, Emma Ling [author.]

Momo rauemi: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781922790422

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Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

NZ823.3 23/eng/20230920

Awards:

Winner: Michael Gifkins Prize, 2022.

Summary: Laura is tired of being asked where she's really from. Her family has lived in Aotearoa New Zealand for four generations, and she's ambivalent at best about her Chinese heritage. But when she's asked to write about the Chinese New Zealander experience for a work project, Laura finds herself drawn to the diary of her great-great-grandfather Ken, a market gardener in the early years of the British colony. With the help of her beloved grandpa, Laura begins to write a version of Ken's story. She imagines his youth in Guangzhou and his journey to a new land -- unaware that soon, spurred on by a family secret that comes to light, she will go on her own journey of self-discovery, sexuality and reckoning with the past.

Ngā tūtohu mai i tēnei whare pukapuka: Kāore he tūtohu i tēnei whare pukapuka mō tēnei taitara. Takiuru ki te tāpiri tūtohu.

Ngā puringa
Momo tuemi	Tauwāhi onāianei	Kohinga	Tau karanga	Tūnga	Rā oti	Waeherepae	Ngā puringa tuemi
Fiction	Hāwera LibraryPlus Fiction	Fiction	SIDN (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below))	Wātea		i2235462
Fiction	Stratford Fiction	Fiction	SID (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below))	Wātea (Available)		A00938988

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Laura is tired of being asked where she's really from. Her family has lived in Aotearoa New Zealand for four generations, and she's ambivalent at best about her Chinese heritage. But when she's asked to write about the Chinese New Zealander experience for a work project, Laura finds herself drawn to the diary of her great-great-grandfather Ken, a market gardener in the early years of the British colony. With the help of her beloved grandpa, Laura begins to write a version of Ken's story. She imagines his youth in Guangzhou and his journey to a new land -- unaware that soon, spurred on by a family secret that comes to light, she will go on her own journey of self-discovery, sexuality and reckoning with the past.

Winner: Michael Gifkins Prize, 2022.

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