Coral E Atkinson (3 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Set in a pivotal moment in our history, this love story is about how we once were, or might have been. A tarot-reading Frenchwoman and a paua-shell memorial to a dead soldier play an important role in this gritty love story. Set in a central North Island town in New Zealand during the 1930s Depression, The Paua Tower explores the relationship of a group of people struggling to survive and make sense of a bitter time. It is the story of Vic Cowan, unemployed activist, and Stella Morgan, the sweetheart who must save herself; it tells of Jack Baldwin, the disabled bank manager who sees visions; and Roland Crawford the doubting clergyman. Faith is lost and found, corruption is rife and innocence destroyed, but through it all love blossoms and hope endures. Front cover lightly creased. 312 pages.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. 336 pages. cover creased, text lightly tannedTomatoes were little known in New Zealand in the late-nineteenth century, but those who had encountered the fruit often called it the 'love apple' and consid ered it a symbol of love and lust. Anglo-Irish gentleman photographer Geoffrey H astings is in danger of confusing the two as he agonizes over the past. Huia, th e hoydenish, part-Maori sixteen-year-old knows just how to use lust for her own ends. The orphan PJ, meanwhile, follows any chance of love wherever it might tak e him. Like Geoffrey, he arrives in New Zealand from Ireland, but, unlike the ol der man, PJ has Fenian sympathies and pines to right the wrongs of his native la nd. Their shared heritage is one of conflict, but can they forget the past in th is new country? THE LOVE APPLE is a novel about risk and freedom, desire and lov e.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 336 pages. Tomatoes were little known in New Zealand in the late-nineteenth century, but those who had encountered the fruit often called it the 'love apple' and consid ered it a symbol of love and lust. Anglo-Irish gentleman photographer Geoffrey H astings is in danger of confusing the two as he agonizes over the past. Huia, th e hoydenish, part-Maori sixteen-year-old knows just how to use lust for her own ends. The orphan PJ, meanwhile, follows any chance of love wherever it might tak e him. Like Geoffrey, he arrives in New Zealand from Ireland, but, unlike the ol der man, PJ has Fenian sympathies and pines to right the wrongs of his native la nd. Their shared heritage is one of conflict, but can they forget the past in th is new country? THE LOVE APPLE is a novel about risk and freedom, desire and lov e.…