Juja by Nino Haratischvili

Juja by Nino HaratischviliPublished for the first time in English, the sweeping debut novel set in bohemian Paris, by the author of international bestseller The Eighth Life. In 1953, a teenage girl, Jeanne Sare, jumps in front of a train at the Gare du Nord station. She leaves behind writings that to some are unreadable, but to others tell universal, unspoken truths about the lives and struggles of women. When published in the 1970s, her work triggers a rash of copycat

*The male Magnificent Riflebird in its courtship dance

even when it hurts

and the mystery of 'other people

as well as passengers

or poor bushcraft

Agnes Bain has always expected more from life

From an award-winning First Nations author

Once we accept that conclusion

} Seven uplifting tales of warm

while also brilliantly evoking echoes of classic children's authors like Diana Wynne Jones and Joan Aiken

Donald Thomson

and traditions  * Inspiring full-colour travel photography and maps including a pull out map of New Zealand * Covers: Auckland