Casting Off
A Memoir - Volume 2
$28.00
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2017
Summary
At the end of the first volume of Elspeth Sandys absorbing memoir, What Lies Beneath, an adult Elspeth has solved the riddle of her birth parents and begun to piece together the events of her early life and find her place in the world. Casting Off begins on the eve of Elspeths first marriage. She and her husband will soon depart New Zealand for England, joining a throng of Kiwis who chose to uproot themselves from their native land. New attachments will be formed: new loves - of people; of pl…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780947522551 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0947522557 |
| Author: | Elspeth Sandys |
| Publisher: | Otago University Press |
| Imprint: | Otago University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2017 |
| Weight: | 462g |
| Dimensions: | 215mm x 165mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
‘Highly recommended’ - NZ Listener on What Lies Beneath
About The Author
Elspeth Sandys
Elspeth Sandys has published nine novels, two collections of short stories as well as What Lies Beneath, the earlier volume of this memoir. She has also written numerous original plays and adaptations for the BBC and RNZ, and scripts for film and television. She has held several residencies and won many awards, including the Elena Garro PEN International Prize for an unpublished short story collection (2005). Her novel River Lines was long-listed for the Orange Prize. In 2006 Elspeth was awarded the ONZM for Services to Literature. Elspeth has two children and six grandchildren. Having lived for over 20 years in Britain she now calls Wellington home.
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