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All the Way to Summer Dame Fiona Kidman

All the Way to Summer By Dame Fiona Kidman

All the Way to Summer by Dame Fiona Kidman

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All the Way to Summer Summary

All the Way to Summer: Stories of Love and Longing by Dame Fiona Kidman

A powerful collection of stories exploring love and longing from the award-winning author of This Mortal Boy.

Two mothers fight over who will wear a hat on their children's wedding day. A needle is lost somewhere in a woman's body. A writer waits with a suitcase for a man who never comes.

This collection brings together Fiona Kidman's finest and most scandalous stories, vividly depicting the joys of female desire and the pain of heartbreak, the thrill of illicit liaisons and the twists and turns of unconventional love.

Sometimes joyful, often devastating and always beautiful, All the Way to Summer is a searing account of love and loss from a pioneering feminist icon.

All the Way to Summer Reviews

Praise for Fiona Kidman

'Kidman, a poet, is a beautiful writer' The Times

'A masterful storyteller' The Lady

'A truly gifted writer' Trip Fiction

Praise for This Mortal Boy

'Kidman's prose is precise, detailed, lyric . . . The fluencies and hard-won command of a good writer bring out their own truth' Irish Times

'Magnetic . . . The ending of a life involves decisions made by many, Kidman reminds us, with opportunities for compassion that are regularly missed until it's too late' New York Times

'Kidman deftly sketches the personalities behind the headline story, along with the ambiguities and mitigating circumstances surrounding them . . . In the emotional catharsis experienced by the imprisoned Paddy Black, she demonstrates how redemption may be grasped even at the final hour of the darkest day' Wall Street Journal

'It's an amazing novel, this. It's compelling' Val McDermid

'Perfectly captures the life of a young immigrant while taking a sharp look at New Zealand's social history. At once moving, compelling and ultimately tragic, it is also a fascinating beautifully written story' Liz Nugent

'A haunting read. . . Blends events as they unfold, painting the bigger historical and social picture but it is in the sensitive characterisation of Paddy and his desperate mother, Kathleen, that Kidman excels' Jess Kidd

About Dame Fiona Kidman

Dame Fiona Kidman OBE, Legion d'honneur, is one of New Zealand's foremost contemporary writers. A novelist, short story writer and poet, she is the author of more than 30 books. She has worked as a librarian, radio producer and critic, and as a scriptwriter for radio, television and film. She lives in Wellington.

Additional information

GOR013707941
9781913547646
1913547647
All the Way to Summer: Stories of Love and Longing by Dame Fiona Kidman
Dame Fiona Kidman
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Gallic Books
2024-02-08
368
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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