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Fiona Kidman

Fiona Kidman has published over 30 books, including novels, poetry, non-fiction and a play. She has worked as a librarian, creative writing teacher, radio producer and critic, and as a scriptwriter for radio, television and film, but primarily as a writer. She has been the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships; in more recent years The Captive Wife was runner-up for the Deutz Medal for Fiction and was joint-winner of the Readers' Choice Award in the 2006 Montana New Zealand Book Awards, and her short story collection The Trouble With Fire was shortlisted for both the NZ Post Book Awards and the Frank O'Connor Award. She was created a Dame (DNZM) in 1998 in recognition of her contribution to literature, and more recently a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour. ‘We cannot talk about writing in New Zealand without acknowledging her,' wrote New Zealand Books. ‘Kidman's accessible prose and the way she shows (mainly) women grappling to escape from restricting social pressures has guaranteed her a permanent place in our fiction.'

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Title:

All Day At The Movies (MP3)

Written by:

Fiona Kidman 

Read by:

Edwina Wren 

Format:

Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book 

Number of CDs:

1 

Duration:

9 hours 10 minutes 

MP3 size:

406 MB 

Published:

May 28 2017 

Available Date:

May 28 2017 

Age Category:

Adult 

ISBN:

9781489392107 

Genres:

Fiction; Literary Fiction; Political Fiction 

Publisher:

Bolinda audio 

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AUD$ 39.95

AUD$ 39.95

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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 novel from one of our finest chroniclers pinpoints universal truths through very New Zealand 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