So Far, For Now

So Far, For Now
Fiona Kidman
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Paperback
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29 Mar 2022 NZ
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9780143775805
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On journeys, widowhood and stories that are never overEvocative, wry and thought-provoking, this is a rewarding journey with one of our finest writers. It is a little over a decade since Fiona Kidman wrote her last volume of memoir. But her story did not end on its last page; instead her life since has been busier than ever, filled with significant changes, new writing and fascinating journeys. From being a grandmother to becoming a widow, from the suitcase-existence of book festivals to researching the lives and deaths of Jean Batten and Albert Black, she has found herself in new territory and viewed the familiar with fresh eyes. She takes us to Paris and Pike River, to Banff, Belfast and Bangkok, searching for houses in Hanoi and Hawera, reliving her past in Waipu and creating new memories in Otago. These locations and experiences - among others - have shaped Fiona' s recent years, and in this lively book she shares the insights she has picked up along the way.
Fiona Kidman has published over 30 books, including novels, poetry, non-fiction and a play. She has worked as a librarian, radio producer and critic, and as a scriptwriter for radio, television and film. The New Zealand Listener wrote- ' In her craft and her storytelling and in her compassionate gutsy tough expression of female experience, she is the best we have. ' She has been the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships; in more recent years, The Captive Wife was runner-up for the Deutz Medal for Fiction and was joint-winner of the Readers' Choice Award in the 2006 Montana New Zealand Book Awards, and her short story collection The Trouble with Fire was shortlisted for both the NZ Post Book Awards and the Frank O' Connor Short Story Award. Her novel This Mortal Boy won the 2019 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize, the NZ Booklovers Award, the NZSA Heritage Book Award for Fiction and the Ngaio Marsh Crime Writing Award for Best Novel. She was created a Dame (DNZM) in 1998 in recognition of her contribution to literature, and more recently a Chevalier de l' Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour. ' We cannot talk about writing in New Zealand without acknowledging her,' wrote New Zealand Books. ' Kidman' s accessible prose and the way she shows (mainly) women grappling to escape from restricting social pressures has guaranteed her a permanent place in our fiction. '
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780143775805
Published: 29 Mar 2022
Published In: New Zealand
Imprint: Vintage New Zealand
Publisher: Random House New Zealand
Format: Paperback
Pages: 272

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