Fishing for Maui- Isa Pearl Ritchie-
This is alternating chapters each telling a person’s story within a family. Valerie reads,
Elena is pregnant and focused on food and diet. Rosa is a child and writes accordingly.
Michael is the son and keen to learn of legend. One who wants to do right by her body
and others, another who enjoys surfing and is learning of tradition from his
grandmother. One who is releasing animals from farming, another who is young and
more impressionable, There are views on ethics and religion to food and health.
Not a traditional read by a long chalk, this tells of thoughts and actions - blogging,
ethics, food, etc set in New Zealand.There are recipes for food and skin balm and
quotes along the way. This is almost the inner most thoughts of a family.
An unusual read- perhaps for discerning tastes or perhaps to widen our views
on life and all it has to offer. A thought provoking read.
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Fishing for Māui
A novel about food, whānau, and mental illness. Valerie reads George Eliot to get to sleep – just to take her mind off worries over her
patients, her children, their father and the next family dinner. Elena is so obsessed with
health, traditional food, her pregnancy and her blog she doesn’t notice that her partner,
Malcolm the ethicist, is getting himself into a moral dilemma of his own making. Evie
wants to save the world one chicken at a time. Meanwhile her boyfriend, Michael is
on a quest to reconnect with his Māori heritage and discover his own identity. Rosa is eight
years old and lost in her own fantasy world, but she’s the only one who can tell something’s
not right. Crisis has the power to bring this family together, but will it be too late? "An accomplished story of a family in crisis - Ritchie's great skill is her ability to conjure
the inner lives if her characters. Fishing For Maui is a compassionate meditation on
what it means to be well". - Sarah Jane Barnett
Purchase Links Amazon US - https://www.amazon.com/Fishing-Maui-Isa-Pearl-Ritchie-ebook/dp/B07DZBXSCN/ Amazon UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fishing-Maui-Isa-Pearl-Ritchie-ebook/dp/B07DZBXSCN/ Smashwords - https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/826608
Author Bio – Isa Ritchie is a Wellington-based writer. She grew up as a Pākehā child in a bicultural family and
Māori was her first written language. She has completed a PhD on food sovereignty in Aotearoa.
She is passionate about food, well being and social justice. Social Media Links – https://www.facebook.com/isapearlritchie/ https://twitter.com/IsaPearlRitchie https://www.instagram.com/isapearlritchie/
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