Potiki by Patricia Grace Paperback Book 9780241413555

Provocative compassionate and beautiful Joy Harjo US Poet Laureate A moving story of a Maori communitys fight for survival from one of New Zealands most prominent and celebrated authorsOn the remote coast of New Zealand at the curve that binds the land and the sea a small Maori community live work fish play and tell stories of their ancestors But something is changing The prophet child toko can sense it Men are coming with dollars and big plans to develop the area for tourism As their ancestral land becomes threatened the people must unite in a battle for survival Weaving together myth and memory Patricia Graces prizewinning novel is a spellbinding portrait of a defiant community determined to protect their way of life at any cost