Archive for April, 2007

Story of personal loss raw but uplifting

April 27, 2007
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Story of personal loss raw but uplifting

Dear Charlie, by Reg Thompson (John Murray, $39.99): This moving family memoir gives the reader a glimpse into the grief of a father as he comes to terms with the ultimate loss for any parent: the loss of a child. Reg Thompson’s daughter Charlotte, known as Charlie, died with her friend Livvy in December 2005 when...

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Stead’s latest offering a real gem

April 11, 2007
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Stead’s latest offering a real gem

The Black River, by C K Stead (Auckland University Press, $25): It may come as a surprise to some who know me when I say I like poetry. Not the flowery stuff of Shakespeare (no, that’s not an invitation for Shakespeare geeks to inundate me with reasons his poetry isn’t flowery) and not the...

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