{"product_id":"the-space-between","title":"The Space Between","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA gripping historical novel set amid the New Zealand Wars in 1860.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs English settlers wage war upon local iwi in colonial Taranaki, two women confront their pasts to survive the present. Frances is an unmarried Londoner newly landed in New Zealand, 1860, at the dawn of the First Taranaki War. Once well-regarded, her family's fall from grace sees them struggling to learn the strange etiquette of settler life. When Frances comes face-to-face with Henry White, the man who jilted her a decade earlier, he's standing outside Thorpe's General Store with a sack of flour in his arms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHenry is married now - to the proud and hardy Matāria, who is shunned by her whānau due to this controversial marriage. As conflict between settlers and iwi rises, both women must find the courage to fight for what is right, even if it costs them everything they know.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs their lives intersect in surprising and catastrophic ways, the question remains - will they ever belong, or do their fates lie in the uncomfortable space between?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis gripping historical debut by Lauren Keenan (Te Āti Awa ki Taranaki) is a story of the transformative power of hope, the unbreakable bonds of whenua and family, and the discovery of love in the least likely of places.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLauren Keenan (Te Āti Awa ki Taranaki)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is a writer of creative non-fiction, novels, short stories and popular psychology. Lauren was a winner at the 2017 Pikihuia Awards for Māori writers and a finalist in the 2019 awards. She was also a participant in Te Papa Tupu mentoring programme. Her short stories have appeared in Huia Short Stories collections in 2015, 2017 and 2019. In 2020 her book \u003ci\u003eThe 52 Week Project: How \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Fixed My Life by Trying a New Thing Every Week for a Year \u003c\/i\u003ewas published, and in 2022 her children’s novel \u003ci\u003eAmorangi and \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMillie’s Trip Through Time \u003c\/i\u003ewas published. It was a finalist in the 2022 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults and longlisted in the ARA Historical Novel Prize. It also won the 2023 Book Lovers Award. Her debut historical fiction novel \u003ci\u003eThe Space Between\u003c\/i\u003e (Penguin Random House, 2024), set against the backdrop of the New Zealand Wars, is a national bestseller. Lauren has a Master of Arts in Taranaki Māori History.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistorical fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback, 320 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eH: 233mm W: 154mm Spine: 24mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeight: 420 grams\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books (NZ)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43191629316246,"sku":"9781776950812","price":37.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/4978\/0118\/products\/jacket---2024-03-07T160916-727.jpg?v=1709780995","url":"https:\/\/www.tawabooksandpost.co.nz\/products\/the-space-between","provider":"Tawa Books \u0026 Post","version":"1.0","type":"link"}