The House at Karamu

by Beryl Fletcher

The experience of growing up in a poverty-stricken, working-class neighborhood in New Zealand begins this insightful memoir of one woman's life as she struggles to maintain dignity and develop her voice as a writer. A few months spent in an old kauri villa during childhood provide an opportunity for reading books by candlelight and listening to the call of the moreporks. A father whose leftist sensibilities offer a vision of a better world is among...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1876756357
• ISBN13: 9781876756352
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Spinifex Press
• Length: 438 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 7.8"