"In this sensitive, insightful and eerily atmospheric novel, Lisa Cherrington takes her professional knowledge, combines it with storytelling flair, and explores the difficult and complex life of a family affected by mental illness...Who is caught in the middle when Western and Maori forms of knowledge about the mind collide?Twenty-something Nikki's city life has just reached a crisis point. Her brother, Joshua, is in a psychiatric hospital again. He has been alternately beguiled, troubled and tormented since childhood by visions of people-faces, visions that are entwined with the ancestral homelands of Northland (Hokianga) and the dolphins that swim in the surrounding seas.Together Nikki and Joshua must travel home to confront the people-faces. Their journey takes them back to their childhood, and straight to their family's heart. ."
Lisa Cherrington is Ngati Hine and Ngapuhi and is a Maori Senior Clinical Psychologist. Her professional interests are working with Maori whanau experiencing cancer, Maori models of therapy, use of te whare tapa wha in clinical settings, use of Maori mythology and Narrative therapy. Lisa currently works for Massey University and has researched and written publications on Maori mental health.
Must read book, borrow it from your local library or buy a copy from
Huia publishers.
4 comments:
Thanks for reviewing this Whina, I love the idea of a book like this for a wider audience. Rob
Kia ora Rob,
thanks for that comment. I love to share Hokianga stories fiction and real life and hopefully there's an audience out there that will enjoy them also.
cheers, Whina
Kia ora Whina,
Yes a 'must read' book. It is haunting and beautiful and Lisa Cherrington should be commended.
Jo
Kia ora Jo,
Lisa is a gifted writer.
thanks, Whina
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