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Ivor Popovich Shows the Harsh Reality of Aotearoa’s Public Healthcare in A Dim Prognosis
I love a juicy and blunt medical memoir, and Ivor Popovich’s A Dim Prognosis delivers just that and more. Akin to the dark humour and stark reality of Adam Kay’s This is Going to Hurt, A Dim Prognosis delivers sharp and cutting remarks that will tell you just how underresourced and underfunded our public healthcare…
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Connections and a Sense of Belonging in Kate Evans’ Feijoa
Here I was thinking feijoas were a native New Zealand fruit, blessed taonga to some and wholeheartedly despised by others, only to have my world flipped upside down by Kate Evans’ exceptional, eye-opening novel Feijoa: A Story of Obsession and Belonging. This non-fiction beauty is full to the brim with information and stories, making the…
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James Renwick’s Under the Weather Will Shock You Into Action
With the wild weather New Zealand has faced over the last two years, I have grown interested in learning more about why, and it is a great thing I found this book on a fellow kiwi bookstagrammers page. Under the Weather by James Renwick is educational, interesting, and shocking, creating the most impactful book I…
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