- Title:
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All Day At The Movies
- Written by:
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Fiona Kidman
- Read by:
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Edwina Wren
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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8
- Duration:
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9 hours 10 minutes
- Published:
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May 28 2017
- Available Date:
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May 28 2017
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781489392091
- Genres:
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Fiction; Literary Fiction; Political Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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'In her craft and her storytelling and in her compassionate gutsy tough expression of female experience, she is the best we have.'
The New Zealand Listener
Wry, moving, beautifully observed and politically astute, this latest audiobook from one of New Zealand's finest chroniclers pinpoints universal truths through very NZ lives.
Life isn’t always like it appears in the movies. In 1952, Irene Sandle takes her young daughter to Motueka. Irene was widowed during the war and is seeking a new start and employment in the tobacco fields. There, she finds the reality of her life far removed from the glamour of the screen.
Can there be romance and happy endings, or will circumstances repeat through the generations? Each subsequent episode in this poignant work follows family secrets and the dynamics of Irene’s children. The story doesn’t just track their lives, but also New Zealand itself as its attitudes and opportunities change – and reverberate – through the decades.
'We cannot talk about writing in New Zealand without acknowledging her.'
New Zealand Books