Tane's war / Brendaniel Weir.
Material type:
TextPublisher: [Auckland, New Zealand] : Cloud Ink Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: 354 pages ; 20 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780473415648
- 047341564X
- Tanes war
- PR9708.W425 T35 2018
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction | Davis (Central) Library Fiction Collection | Fiction Collection | WEIR | Available | T00805452 | ||
| Fiction | Davis (Central) Library Fiction Collection | Fiction Collection | WEIR | Available | T00805451 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
IN early 1900s Auckland, Tane flees the law and family shame, taking a merchant ship to London. But he cannot escape the war sweeping Europe, and enlists in the army. He develops a relationships with another soldier than must stay hidden. In 1953, Briar is a dreamer whose behaviour sees him sent to a training farm to be 'turned into a man'. The plan backfires when his arrival awakens feelings in a fellow shearer. Tane, now an elderly foreman on the farm, recognises their connection for what it is. When the boys' relationship is exposed, Tane is confronted with a choice. He cannot change hispast the perhaps he can help change the future.
Novel.
"One lifetime, two battles. It's 1953 and Briar is a dreamer living with his father in Pukekohe. His behaviour sees him sent to a training farm to be "turned into a man". But the plan backfires when his arrival awakens feelings in fellow shearer, Aussie. Tane is the farm foreman and his Maori heritage sets him apart. Briar and Aussie threaten the walls Tane has built around his own secret past; walls created in the trenches of WW1. Tane is confronted with a choice. He cannot change history but maybe he can help change the future"--Back cover.