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The Hekes are a family in turmoil. A tyrannical, alcoholic, violent patriarch, an alcoholic, ever-trying-to-reform mother, and three degenerate children. Can the draw Maori ritual and tradition pull them back from the brink?

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A searing look at the urban subculture of New Zealand's native people * Toronto Globe and Mail *
A starkly realistic account...as important, as frank, as powerful a book as [Alice Walker's The Color Purple] was for Americans * Dominion (New Zealand) *

Once Were Warriors

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    A Paperback / softback by Alan Duff

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      Publisher: Vintage Publishing
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 16/03/1995
      ISBN13: 9780099578413, 978-0099578413
      ISBN10: 0099578417
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The Hekes are a family in turmoil. A tyrannical, alcoholic, violent patriarch, an alcoholic, ever-trying-to-reform mother, and three degenerate children. Can the draw Maori ritual and tradition pull them back from the brink?

      Trade Review
      A searing look at the urban subculture of New Zealand's native people * Toronto Globe and Mail *
      A starkly realistic account...as important, as frank, as powerful a book as [Alice Walker's The Color Purple] was for Americans * Dominion (New Zealand) *

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