Genre
Fiction
Fiction
Checkerboard Hill
Jade Kake
$35.00
Checkerboard Hill is a story of belonging, dislocation, misunderstandings, identity and fractured relationships.
When a family member dies in Australia, Ria flies from New Zealand and returns to the family and home in Australia she suddenly left decades before as a teenager. Waiting for her return are her husband and son in New Zealand. Neither family has met the other, and Ria has always kept her Māori, Australian, New Zealand identities and lives separate.
But the family tensions, unfinished arguments, connections to places and meeting of former friends, lead Ria to revisit her memories and reflect on the social and cultural tensions and racism she experienced, and the decisions she made.
Meet the author Jade Kake here.
Pages
276
Language
English
Dimensions
152mm x 229mm
ISBN (Soft Cover)
9781775508083
ISBN (E-Book)
9781775507994
"Ria is a complex, deep character, full of flaws and some of her decisions sit uncomfortably. But she is real ... Checkerboard Hill is a raw and riveting read from a writer with a very bright future ahead."
"This is a story like an onion – many-layered, and able to make you cry – by an author of great talent and vast breadth. I can not wait to read more of Kake’s work."
"Checkerboard Hill is a moving and powerful novel from a strong and talented writer that deserves not only to be read, but to be felt."
"A fine book. Well-worth purchasing and perusing. And, I am certain, a precursor to several more such from this team. Tēnā koutou katoa."