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Chappy / Patricia Grace
- Title
- Chappy / Patricia Grace
- Author
- Grace, Patricia, 1937-
- Publication
- [Auckland] : Penguin Books, 2015
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PR9639.3.G7 C43 2015 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 253 p.; 24 cm
- Summary
- Uprooted from his privileged European life and sent to New Zealand to sort himself out, twenty-one-year-old Daniel pieces together the history of his Maori family. As his relatives revisit their past, Daniel learns of a remarkable love story between his Maori grandmother Oriwia and his Japanese grandfather Chappy. The more Daniel hears about his deceased grandfather, the more intriguing - and elusive - Chappy becomes.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Fiction
- Domestic fiction.
- Domestic fiction
- New Zealand fiction – 21st century.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Uprooted from his privileged European life and sent to New Zealand to sort himself out, twenty-one-year-old Daniel pieces together the history of his Maori family. As his relatives revisit their past, Daniel learns of a remarkable love story between his Maori grandmother Oriwia and his Japanese grandfather Chappy. The more Daniel hears about his deceased grandfather, the more intriguing -- and elusive -- Chappy becomes.
- ISBN
- 9780143572398
- 0143572393
- OCLC
- 897839558
- SCSB-12268308
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library