What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?
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What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? by Alan Duff
The grass'd been cleared away yesterday by her mother when they visited on the sixth anniversary of her death, Beth and what remained of her family; so the nameplate was clear even if the painted indentation of name, date of birth and date of death was almost bled of its white by the sun, the elements that Polly could never stop wondering if her sister could still feel, specially the rain getting in through the lid that must now be, like, rotted in or why that slump in the earth? She always came the following day for a visit on this yearly remembering; in fact Polly Heke came several times a year and done for the last two, from when she herself hit the same age as Grace'd been when she, uh, when she like killed herself. The searing, blistering power of Alan Duff's masterpiece, Once Were Warriors, rocked a nation and was acclaimed around the world. What Becomes of the Broken-Hearted? is the passionate and uncompromising sequel which takes up the story of the Heke family six years after Grace's suicide.
Alan Duff was born in Rotorua in 1950. He has published six previous novels (Once Were Warriors, One Night out Stealing, What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?, Both Sides of the Moon, Szabad and Jake's Long Shadow), a novella (State Ward), several children's books and three non-fiction works. Once Were Warriors won the Pen Best First Book for Fiction Award and along with What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? was made into an internationally acclaimed film for which he wrote the original screenplay.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781869413422 |
| ISBN 10 | 1869413423 |
| Title | What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? |
| Author | Alan Duff |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House New Zealand Ltd |
| Year published | 1997-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 216 |
| Prizes | Winner of Montana New Zealand Book of the Year Award Fiction Category 1997, Short-listed for APA Design Awards: Random House Best Designed B-Format Book 1998 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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