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Description

1. 76 p. : ill.; 21 cm.

Summary

1. " ... Mike Minehan tells her very own version of life at the Maori pa in Jerusalem on the Wanganui river ... she gives a poetical and sensitive insight into her relationship with James K. Baxter, the son she bore him and the influence these events had on her ..."--Back cover.

Subject

1. Baxter, James K
2. Collective settlements > New Zealand
3. Jerusalem (N.Z.)

Genre/Form

1. New Zealand poetry – 21st century.
2. Biographies
3. Poetry

Contents

1. Authors' note -- Bones -- Leaving -- Hopw it was -- What manner of woman is this? -- Picture this in 1971 -- What happens -- Night falsl and -- The river road -- Corners are there for the turning -- The arrival -- Auckland nights -- Dr Fell -- NMeanwhile -- The moment -- What is there -- Now -- Day by day -- Afternoon -- To be poor is to know a certain freedom -- Mornings at Bag End -- The tribe -- Cleanliness is next to godliness -- Nights -- The ghost house -- Refuge -- At the pa -- Song -- Change -- The river road -- What happened then: a letter -- Journey through the dark -- Toward's journey's end -- Oh, Jerusalem! -- Jerusalem pilgrim -- As it is now.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Note

1. Subtitle on cover: One woman's powerful testimony of her journey there and back.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain