Mutuwhenua (16pt Large Print Edition)

by Patricia Grace

Book Overview

Mutuwhenua is the story of Ripeka, who leaves her extended family and its traditional lifestyle to marry Graeme, a Pakeha schoolteacher. In the strange world of the city, Ripeka discovers that she cannot make the break from her whanau, that the old ways are too strong. The first novel by a Maori woman ever published, Mutuwhenua is a powerful, moving story of contrasts between old and new, young and old, Maori and Pakeha.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0369370996
• ISBN13: 9780369370990
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: ReadHowYouWant
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Mutuwhenua

Mutuwhenua (The Moon Sleeps) is a very good book which deals with the cultural differences between the two main racial groups in New Zealand. I thoroughly enjoyed it.