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The queen's wife / Joanne Drayton.

Nā: Momo rauemi: TextTextKaiwhakaputa: [Strawberry Hills, NSW] : Read How You Want, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Edition: Large print editionWhakaahuatanga: xiv, 562 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781038724281
  • 1038724287
Ngā marau: Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 920 23
Contents:
Preface -- Prelude -- Escape to Whanganui -- The beginning of the affair -- Canterbury University and cleaning carpets. I. The Lewis chess pieces -- My Freudian slip. 1. Whakapapa: Sue's ancestry -- A stolen kiss. II. The Lewis chess pieces -- Roped together, II. Whakapapa: Sue's ancestry -- A fire sale in Christchurch. III. The Lewis chess pieces -- Moaning and groaning. III. Whakapapa: Sue's ancestry -- Millie and Billie from Chile. IV. The Lewis chess pieces -- A diet of worms. IV. Whakapapa: Sue's ancestry -- Dovedale Avenue was paradise. V. The Lewis chess pieces -- Things you love. V. Whakapapa: Sue's ancestry -- Barbara and Ringley. VI. The Lewis chess pieces -- An amputation. VI. Whakapapa: Sue's ancestry -- Whanganui, a city divided. VII. The Lewis chess pieces -- Whanganui and the family court. VII. Whakapapa: Sue's ancestry -- The vengeful victory. VIII. The Lewis chess pieces -- Life's strange little detours. VIII. Whakapapa: Sue's ancestry -- A clean start in Auckland. IX. The Lewis chess pieces -- Around-the-world ticket. IX. Whakapapa: Sue's ancestry -- The spirit of my ancestors. X. The Lewis chess pieces -- Alexandria, Egypt. X. Whakapapa: Sue's ancestry -- A tower and a death -- Rhona Haszard's daughter -- Postscript.
Summary: "A modern love story: whakapapa, archaeology, art and heartbreak. A memoir of a turbulent time -- and a chess game that broke all the rules. In 1989, two married women met by chance. They instantly hit it off, but little did they know that their new relationship would turn their lives upside-down. This is the true story of that relationship, which threatened to cost them their children, families and friends and forced them to reassess their sexuality, identity and heritage. Along the way, one -- an acclaimed biographer -- was to explore the power of objects, while the other -- a painter -- was to follow her whakapapa back to the first Maori king, Te Wherowhero. Against the odds, the couple's new life together became rich in laughter, travel, unusual encounters, investigations into Viking raids, the Kingitanga movement, the death of a New Zealand artist, chicken claws, ghosts, eccentrics and much more."--Back cover.
Ngā tūtohu mai i tēnei whare pukapuka: Kāore he tūtohu i tēnei whare pukapuka mō tēnei taitara. Takiuru ki te tāpiri tūtohu.
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"A memoir of a turbulent time - and a chess game that broke all the rules"--Cover.

Copyright page from the original book.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Prelude -- Escape to Whanganui -- The beginning of the affair -- Canterbury University and cleaning carpets. I. The Lewis chess pieces -- My Freudian slip. 1. Whakapapa: Sue's ancestry -- A stolen kiss. II. The Lewis chess pieces -- Roped together, II. Whakapapa: Sue's ancestry -- A fire sale in Christchurch. III. The Lewis chess pieces -- Moaning and groaning. III. Whakapapa: Sue's ancestry -- Millie and Billie from Chile. IV. The Lewis chess pieces -- A diet of worms. IV. Whakapapa: Sue's ancestry -- Dovedale Avenue was paradise. V. The Lewis chess pieces -- Things you love. V. Whakapapa: Sue's ancestry -- Barbara and Ringley. VI. The Lewis chess pieces -- An amputation. VI. Whakapapa: Sue's ancestry -- Whanganui, a city divided. VII. The Lewis chess pieces -- Whanganui and the family court. VII. Whakapapa: Sue's ancestry -- The vengeful victory. VIII. The Lewis chess pieces -- Life's strange little detours. VIII. Whakapapa: Sue's ancestry -- A clean start in Auckland. IX. The Lewis chess pieces -- Around-the-world ticket. IX. Whakapapa: Sue's ancestry -- The spirit of my ancestors. X. The Lewis chess pieces -- Alexandria, Egypt. X. Whakapapa: Sue's ancestry -- A tower and a death -- Rhona Haszard's daughter -- Postscript.

"A modern love story: whakapapa, archaeology, art and heartbreak. A memoir of a turbulent time -- and a chess game that broke all the rules. In 1989, two married women met by chance. They instantly hit it off, but little did they know that their new relationship would turn their lives upside-down. This is the true story of that relationship, which threatened to cost them their children, families and friends and forced them to reassess their sexuality, identity and heritage. Along the way, one -- an acclaimed biographer -- was to explore the power of objects, while the other -- a painter -- was to follow her whakapapa back to the first Maori king, Te Wherowhero. Against the odds, the couple's new life together became rich in laughter, travel, unusual encounters, investigations into Viking raids, the Kingitanga movement, the death of a New Zealand artist, chicken claws, ghosts, eccentrics and much more."--Back cover.

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