Book description
'Water will come and you think it will be soft. You think it will be smooth and find its way around your things: your houses and cars and furniture, your gardens and windows and hope. But water can be the foot of an elephant, the horns of a moose, a…
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1 author picked The Mires as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Set in my home town, this book is both magical and serious, tackling the issue of the changing climate with magic realism within a deepening drama. If you haven't read a book by a New Zealander before, try this one!
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