Gifted

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One day in 1955 the 'father of New Zealand fiction' finds a young woman on his doorstep. A writer herself, she has recently emerged from a lengthy spell in hospital and is looking for somewhere safe to live and write. Somewhat to his own surprise, not to mention discomfort, he takes her in. What happens behind that high Takapuna hedge in the ensuing year is the story told in this delightful and moving novel.

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A brilliant piece of ventriloquism . . . about the power of the imagination and the courage of gifted writers, but alsoand much more simplyabout the decency of ordinary people." Bill Manhire, poet, Lifted

"Patrick Evans is a stimulating and iconoclastic writer on our literature; he is also a richly talented playwright and novelist." Owen Marshall, author, When Gravity Snaps

"A magnificent reimagining of a signal moment in our cultural history, this is both a novel of surpassing tenderness and a primer on creative writing. . . . This is a rare and transforming reading experience." Kate de Goldi, author, The 10PM Question

Author Bio

Patrick Evanshas taughtNew Zealand literatureat the University of Canterbury for more than 30 years. He is a former professor at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia; a visiting professor at Bethany College in West Virginia; and the author of numerous books, including Being Eaten Alive, An Inward Sun: The Novels of Janet Frame, and Making It.