Reforging Paradise

“No one likes snapshots of one  sitting on Mother’s knee being shown at one’s 21st birthday, especially if the snaps were taken at age 19.” Novelist Emily Perkins reviews James Belich’s history of NZ: If we, “are to confront previously unexplored realities of the past 150 years, and approach the future accepting the positive outcomes of this history – transnationalism, cultural hybridity – without the collective amnesia that perpetuates a national identity crisis, this is the book to show them the way.” Buy Paradise Reforged in the NZEDGE emporium.