Publisher's Synopsis
This intensely autobiographical novel is about Eliza growing up in Wellington - like the author, she comes from a troubled background and takes refuge in poetry.
About the Publisher
Persephone prints mainly neglected fiction and non-fiction by women, for women and about women. The titles are chosen to appeal to busy women who rarely have time to spend in ever-larger bookshops and who would like to have access to a list of books designed to be neither too literary nor too commercial. The books are guaranteed to be readable, thought-provoking and impossible to forget.
