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Her came from behind and held her in his arms, told her to look again at earth and sky and water. Could she see how the world turned silver? People died, he told her, because they were afraid. They did not go out at night on dangerous water. They did not see the earth as it tu ...
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Alison Wong's first novel is set in Wellington in the early twentieth century. Haining Street is allegedly full of opium dens, gambling and strange Chinese practices. Katherine is a widow struggling to support her children and Yung is a young Chinese man who runs a vegetable shop ...
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From the late nineteenth century to the 1920's, from Kwangtung, China to Wellington and Dunedin and the Battlefields of the Western Front ? A story of two families. Yung faces a new land that does not welcome the Chinese.? Alone, Katherine struggles to raise her children and find ...
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(Trade Paperback/Paperback, New title)
By Wong, Alison
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A collection of poems from over 10 years of work. Alison Wong was Burns Fellow in 2002, and one of the founders of the Porirua poetry cafe.
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It is 1905 and brothers Yung and Shun eke out a living as green grocers in Wellington's bustling Chinatown. Recently-arrived immigrants, the pair must support their families back home in China but know they must adapt if they are to survive and prosper in their adopted home.
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It is New Zealand, and the first decade of the twentieth century. Katherine McKechnie is struggling to raise two children following the death of her husband, when a chance encounter with a Chinese shopkeeper blossoms into friendship and, eventually, love.
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Alison Wong was born in Hong Kong but grew up in England. She is a graduate of Lancaster University, England and has a Masters Degree in T.E.S.L. from Hong Kong. Having taught English for 14 years she left teaching to become a housewife and writer. Alison now divides her time bet ...
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Alison Wong was born in Hong Kong but grew up in England. She is a graduate of Lancaster University, England and has a Masters Degree in T.E.S.L. from Hong Kong. Having taught English for 14 years she left teaching to become a housewife and writer. Alison now divides her time bet ...
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