Summary
A modern love story: whakapapa, archaeology, art and heartbreak.
A memoir of a turbulent time - and a chess game that broke all the rules.
In 1989, two married women met by chance. They instantly hit it off, but little did they know that their new relationship would turn their lives upside-down.
This is the true story of that relationship, which threatened to cost them their children, families and friends and forced them to reassess their sexuality, identity and herita…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143776772 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143776770 |
| Author: | Joanne Drayton |
| Publisher: | Penguin Group (NZ) |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 31 January 2023 |
| Weight: | 501g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 156mm x 236mm |
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Joanne Drayton
Joanne Drayton is an acclaimed New Zealand author whose work is globally recognized.
Her book Hudson & Halls: The Food of Love won the Royal Society Te Aparangi Award for General Non-Fiction at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards in May 2019 and was featured on the cover of NZ Listener in October 2018.
The Search for Anne Perry was listed among the top 10 non-fiction books on The New York Times bestseller list. It was a finalist in the New Zealand Book Awards in August 2013, was the subject of a 60 Minutes program, and graced the cover of NZ Listener. Praised as an “important” and “beguiling” read, it has received excellent reviews. Both The Search for Anne Perry and Hudson & Halls: The Food of Love have been optioned for feature films.
Her critically acclaimed biography, Ngaio Marsh: Her Life in Crime (2008), was a Christmas pick of The Independent newspaper in the UK in 2009. Her other biographies of expatriate painters include:
- Frances Hodgkins: A Private Viewing (2005)
- Rhona Haszard: An Experimental Expatriate NZ Artist (2002)
- Edith Collier: Her Life and Work (1999)
Drayton has curated exhibitions and publishes in the fields of art history, theory, and biography. In 2007, she received a National Library Fellowship, and in 2017, the prestigious Logan Fellowship at the Carey Institute in Upstate New York.
Joanne is a research associate at the University of Auckland and an English teacher at Avondale College. She lives in Auckland, New Zealand, with her partner and three cats.
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