Gritty tale of NZ well written

Published date25 January 2023
Publication titleStratford Press
By Dominic Hoey, Penguin Random House, $37

Life on the poverty line in New Zealand is hard grind and grimy, and so is this well written book about its people.

Monday is bright, needs money and leads a chaotic life in Avondale. She grew up the same way — poverty, violence, struggle, drugs. Her brother Eddy has been missing a long time which has destroyed her family. Mum is in an expensive home for the demented, dad has faded away into drink. Monday tends a bar and has a side hustle in Muay Thai kickboxing, which wins her money and a smashed up face. It also...

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