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Juno and Hannah
Author(s): Beryl Fletcher (Author)
- Publisher: Spinifex Press
- Publication Date: 1 Jan. 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 160 pages
- ISBN-10: 9781742198750
- ISBN-13: 1742198759
Book Description
1920, deep in the New Zealand bush, a settlement of Christian fundamentalists live a life of austerity and isolation. It is a place where there is little space for compassion, particularly for the women who can never rid themselves of Eve’s original sin. The elders rule over the women, children and young men, meting out punishments for transgressions as ordinary as self-reflection. Sisters Juno and Hannah have grown up in the community, but when a stranger washes up on the river bank and Hannah goes to his aid, she finds herself accused of necromancy. The girls flee but are quickly forced to accept help. Hannah, unsure who is friend or foe, finds herself dependent upon and attracted to the man into whose lips she breathed life. Juno and Hannah is a remarkable novella. The vivid New Zealand landscape reflects the journey of the sisters with its bounty of beauty and resources but also with its scars, wrought during the early days of colonisation.
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About the Author
Beryl Fletcher is the author of several short stories, four novels, and the memoir The House at Karamu. Her first novel, The Word Burners, was awarded a regional Commonwealth Writers Prize for best first book in 1992. She is a former writer-in-residence at the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program.
