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Alison Wong

Alison Wong’s poetry and fiction has been widely published in journals and her first collection of poetry, Cup, was published in 2006. She has lived in New Zealand and China. She has been awarded a number of key fellowships for her work, including the 2002 Robert Burns Fellowship at the University of Otago. Her first novel As the Earth Turns Silver (Penguin NZ) was published in 2009, and it was Fiction Award winner at the 2010 New Zealand Post Book Awards.

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Title:: As the Earth Turns Silver
Written by:: Alison Wong
Read by:: Heather Bolton
Format:: Unabridged CD Audio Book
Number of CDs:: 6
Duration:: 7 hours 38 minutes
Published:: February 01 2011
Available Date:: February 28 2011
Age Category:: Adult
ISBN:: 9781742675220
Genres:: Fiction; Contemporary Fiction
Publisher:: Bolinda audio

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Longlisted Dublin IMPAC Award 2011
Winner NZ Post Book Awards for Children & Adults 2010
Shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards / Fiction 2010

A bold new voice in contemporary fiction.

What if the love of your life could also be the one to destroy it? It is New Zealand, and the first decade of the 20th century. Katherine McKechnie is struggling to raise two children following the death of her husband, when a chance encounter with a Chinese shopkeeper blossoms into friendship and, eventually, love. Racial tension and prejudice mean the two must keep their relationship secret, but Katherine’s son, Robbie, learns the truth and, on the eve of World War I, as young men everywhere are swept up on a tide of macho patriotism, takes his family’s honour into his own hands – with devastating consequences.