and these words quickly recall that for me whenever I hear them. ”vine ” and “brine ” were both new words to me then. There is something else to do with my five-year old story and the story of my big fish. He wants to turn this place into a soulless place for fun ,where as the Tamihana’s want to keep it alive with the souls from the past years. The are talked to by a man the call dollarman a mr Dolman who struggles to grasp why they want to stay. The Tamihanas have lived there for years and are tied to the land The parents children a disable relative and the kids all tell the story ,as each chapter is a different point of view as the story of the family struggles to keep the place they call home from the hands of the developer. So we enter the village and I love the way Patricia took use through the villagers as the families as they wrestle with the idea of moving. Well in some ways it may be called a classic indigenous novel as it talks the clash of indigenous Maori’s in a small coastal community as the face the fact they might have to move from the tribal home to a new settlement. She has published seven novels ,this Potiki is the best known and won the New Zealand fiction prize. She is probably the best known Maori writer ,she has written novels ,short stories and children’s books. I choose a book from the Well known New Zealand writer Patricia Grace. I had hope to get to this over weekend but I m a day late for the lovely Lisa of Anzlitloves Indigenous week. Potiki By Patricia Grace New Zealand fiction
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