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THE BLACK MONK, RRP $38.
Acclaimed New Zealand author Charlotte Grimshaw’s latest work of fiction centres on a woman haunted by family denial, secrets and a shadowy figure. While Alice Lidell’s brother Cedric spirals into addiction, she finds herself confronted by his decline and memories of past experiences. From their chaotic Auckland childhood to her present-day life, Lidell is haunted by a mysterious figure she calls “the Black Monk”. As Lidell tries to hold her family together, the Black Monk appears in various guises such as a stranger met in a cemetery, a face on television, and a character surfacing in her own writing.
ICE BREAKER! AN EPIC ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE, RRP $7.
Much has been written about explorer Ernest Shackleton’s three expeditions to the Antarctic. What’s not so well-known is the crucial role captain Frank Worsley played in saving the lives of the crew of Endurance after it got stuck in ice floes and broke apart during the attempt to traverse the continent in 1914. After abandoning their ship, in the Weddell Sea, Worsley led marches across the ice in the hope of reaching land, this book by Maria Gill reveals. Without his precise navigation skills and incredible determination, the rescue party would never have made it.
