‘Patricia Grace writes with an enviable clarity and power.’ - Evening PostĬousins has been adapted for the screen, the film produced by Miss Conception Films and Whenua Films, directed by Ainsley Gardiner and Briar Grace-Smith, screenplay by Briar Grace-Smith and Patricia Grace. ‘ Cousins is an engrossing story that runs on in the head long after it has finished.’ - Dominion Sunday Times Lyrical and vibrant, smoothly paced and quietly rhythmic, Grace's language moves easily from one person to the next, as the stories unfold.’ - Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, NZ Listener Thrown together as children, they have subsequently grown apart, yet they share a connection that can never be broken.Ī stunning novel about tradition and change, about whanau and its struggle to survive, about the place of women in a shifting world. Moving from the forties to the present, from the country to the protests of the cities, Cousins is the story of these three cousins. Mata is always waiting - for life to happen as it stealthily passes by. Missy is the observer - the one who accepts but has her dreams. Makareta is the chosen one - carrying her family's hopes. Now a feature film, this is the unforgettable story of three women's intersecting lives. One of Patricia Grace's most popular novels.
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