Summary
Margaret and Elsie Balfour have been raised on a farm in South Canterbury in the latter part of the nineteenth century. The sisters’ lives diverge when Elsie leaves for the United Kingdom to study medicine at Edinburgh University. As the eldest, Margaret remains at home, taking on the expected role of caring for her many siblings. When tragedy strikes, the trajectory of both of the sisters’ lives is changed forever.
Beautifully illustrated and accompanied with family photographs and h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781776891252 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1776891252 |
| Author: | Di Morris |
| Publisher: | David Bateman Ltd |
| Imprint: | David Bateman Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 1.30kg |
| Dimensions: | 276mm x 180mm x 27mm |
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‘A beautiful and innovatively told New Zealand family history.’— Jenny Pattrick, The Denniston Rose‘A beautifully drawn story, unlocking our past and shedding light on Pākehā culture.’— Sarah Laing, Mansfield and Me‘Intimate and moving, this carefully researched graphic novel transports us to a past that is both familiar and strange.’— Dylan Horrocks, Hicksville
About The Author
Di Morris
Di Morris was born in Kirikiriroa Hamilton, Aotearoa New Zealand. She grew up in Te Matau-a-Māui Hawkes Bay, studied Fine Arts at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha University of Canterbury, followed by a Master of Design from Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington. In the 1980s and ‘90s she worked as a graphic designer and art director in Sydney, Australia, before returning home to Aotearoa New Zealand in 2001. Di teaches secondary school design and photography, and in her spare time she gardens and illustrates. She lives in Hawkes Bay with her free-range chickens.
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