Captive Wife, The

Captive Wife, The
Fiona Kidman
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Paperback
h198 x 128mm - 368pg
12 Aug 2005 NZ
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9781869416867
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Betty Guard was a real person, born in 1815. This is her story, and the'story of her marriage at age 15 to ex-convict Jacky Guard. It was a marriage that went through a vast upheaval, triggered by an event of immense significance. On the way from Sydney to their whaling station on Arapawa Island, their barque was driven ashore near Mount Taranaki. After a battle with the local Ngati Ruanui Maori, the Guard family was captured. Betty and her two children were held to ransom, Betty living on a pa with a chief called Oaoiti. Having sailed for Sydney seemingly to raise the ransom, Jacky instead brought soldiers, who destroyed the pa, killing many of the tribe. Elizabeth and Jacky were reunited, but their troubles were not over. In gritty pioneering style, the couple had to re-invent their relationship.
Fiona Kidman has published over 20 books, including novels, poetry, non-fiction and a play. She has worked as a librarian, creative writing teacher, radio producer and critic, scriptwriter for radio, television and film, but primarily as a writer. The New Zealand Listener wrote: 'In her craft and her storytelling and in her compassionate gutsy tough expression of female experience, she is the best we have.' She has been the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships; in more recent years The Captive Wife was runner-up in the 2006 Montana Book Awards Deutz Medal for Fiction, and her short story collection The Trouble with Fire was shortlisted for both the NZ Post Book Awards and the Frank O'Connor Award. She was created a Dame (DNZM) in 1998 in recognition of her contribution to literature, and more recently a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour. 'We cannot talk about writing in New Zealand without acknowledging her,' wrote New Zealand Books. 'Kidman's accessible prose and the way she shows (mainly) women grappling to escape from restricting social pressures has guaranteed her a permanent place in our fiction.'
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781869416867
Published: 12 Aug 2005
Published In: New Zealand
Imprint: Vintage New Zealand
Publisher: Random House New Zealand
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 128mm
Pages: 368

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