Author: Naida Mulligan

Understanding postnatal depression

Mothers Cry Too Dr Sara Weeks (Penguin, RRP $35) Subtitled “recognising and coping with postnatal depression”, this is a handy guide for all new mothers and their families. It discusses the whole range of conditions from the fairly innocuous three…

Highly recommended collection

Huia Short Stories 10: Contemporary Maori Fiction (Huia, RRP $30) This collection of stories kept me thinking and eager to read on. It made me look forward to the 11th collection and want to read the previous nine too. It’s…

Solid read for young Kiwis

Phantom of Terawhiti By Des Hunt (HarperCollins, RRP $20) I was excited to read the latest Des Hunt offering and was not disappointed. Set on the southwest coast near Wellington, it’s an adventure to do with a shipwreck, the strange…

A recommended light read

The Girl in the Yellow Vest, by Loretta Hill (Bantam Australia, RRP $37): Perth based romance novelist Loretta Hill has degrees in Civil Engineering and in Commerce. She has also worked in the Australian outback on engineering projects. This is her third…