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Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Rocking Horse Road by Carl Nixon Bobs Books Blog Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Rocking Horse Road by Carl Nixon Bobs Books Blog. I missed this excellent novel about teenagers growing up in Christchurch New Zealand in the 1980’s. It attracted my attention because I live on the coastal East side of Christchurch and I intimately know the Rocking Horse Road area of South New Brighton. It is a long beach finger, between the ocean and the estuary of the Avon and Heathcote rivers. One morning in the hot summer of 1980 the body of 16 year old Lucy Asher is found at the high tide area of South Brighton beach. She had been sexually assaulted and murdered. She is found by Pete Marshall who is a year younger than Lucy and the consequences of Lucy’s death will affect him and his mates for the rest of their lives. The police investigation into Lucy’s murder does not result in a culprit being caught so the boys(one of them narrates the story), conduct their own investigation until well into their 40’s. It dominates their lives, but will they solve the case? At the same time the 1981 Springbok Rugby Tour of New Zealand takes place, a tour that divided the country and resulted in some appalling behaviour from both sides of the argument. The boys are caught up in this as well. It is a loss of innocence story both for the teenage boys and the country. Neither will be the same again. The environment of the estuary and beach is a huge part of the appeal of this novel. If you live in New Brighton you will love it. Powerfully written by Carl Nixon. Once you start you won’t put it down. For young adult and adult readers. Rocking Horse Road. Much more than a murder mystery, this powerful novel is about coming of age and loss of innocence. The body of a teenage girl is found on the beach in the days leading up to Christmas, 1980. It s an event that makes a huge impact on all those who live along Rocking Horse Road, which runs through the Spit, a long finger of bone-dry sand between the ocean and the estuary. It s an event that for one hot summer brings together a group of fifteen-year-old boys and then keeps them linked for the rest of their lives. Evolving from . Read More. Much more than a murder mystery, this powerful novel is about coming of age and loss of innocence. The body of a teenage girl is found on the beach in the days leading up to Christmas, 1980. It s an event that makes a huge impact on all those who live along Rocking Horse Road, which runs through the Spit, a long finger of bone-dry sand between the ocean and the estuary. It s an event that for one hot summer brings together a group of fifteen-year-old boys and then keeps them linked for the rest of their lives. Evolving from Nixon s celebrated short story, this compelling novel shows New Zealand turning upon itself during the 1981 Springbok Tour. It examines how early events can influence the rest of our lives, and probes ideas of community, collective memory and story-telling. Read Less. All Copies ( 3 ) Softcover ( 3 ) Choose Edition ( 2 ) Book Details Seller Sort. 2007, Vintage New Zealand. Milton Keynes, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM. Edition: 2007, Vintage New Zealand Paperback, Good Details: ISBN: 1869419073 ISBN-13: 9781869419073 Pages: 234 Publisher: Vintage New Zealand Published: 07/06/2007 Alibris ID: 16654123987 Shipping Options: Standard Shipping: €3,59. Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination. Seller's Description: **Simply Brit** Shipped with Premium postal service within 24 hours from the UK with impressive delivery time. We have dispatched from our book depository; items of good condition to over ten million satisfied customers worldwide. We are committed to providing you with reliable and efficient service at all times. ► Contact This Seller. 2007, Vintage New Zealand. Goring-By-Sea, WEST SUSSEX, UNITED KINGDOM. Edition: 2007, Vintage New Zealand Paperback, Very Good Details: ISBN: 1459672399 ISBN-13: 9781459672390 Pages: 234 Edition: [Large Print] Publisher: Vintage New Zealand Published: 2013 Alibris ID: 16681980805 Shipping Options: Standard Shipping: €3,59. Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination. Seller's Description: Very Good. Rocking Horse Road by Nixon, Carl, 2013-10-12. 282 p. ► Contact This Seller. 2007, Vintage New Zealand. Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM. Edition: 2007, Vintage New Zealand Paperback, New Details: ISBN: 1459672399 ISBN-13: 9781459672390 Pages: 234 Edition: [Large Print] Publisher: Vintage New Zealand Published: 2013 Alibris ID: 16549242480 Shipping Options: Standard Shipping: €3,59. Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination. Carl Nixon. Carl Nixon is a full-time writer of novels, plays, and short stories. His novels have been published in translation in Germany, France, Taiwan and China. Carl has won the NZ Sunday Star Times Short Story Award twice (1997 and 1999), Katherine Mansfield Literary Competition (first place 2007, second 1999), and been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize (2012). In 2012 he was also selected as part of the New Zealand contingent to attend the Frankfurt Book Fair when New Zealand was Guest of Honour. In 2017 Carl received the prestigious Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship. His first book, Fish ‘n’ Chip Shop Song and Other Stories (Random House, 2006) went to number one on the New Zealand bestselling fiction list. He has published three novels since then, Rocking Horse Road (Random House, 2008), The Virgin and the Whale (Random House, 2013) and Settlers’ Creek (Random House, 2010). This last was hailed by acclaimed writer Witi Ihimaera as, ‘brave, bold and unflinching…one of the best novels to come out of New Zealand. It’s not only a gripping, brutal thriller but also a dissection of a country and its culture. It’s the kind of book that gets you run out of town.’ Carl’s plays have been performed in every professional theatre in New Zealand. They include both comedy and drama. His latest is, Matthew Mark, Luke and Joanne . Others are Kiwifruits, The Raft, The Birthday Boy , Crumpy , Two Fish ‘n’ a Scoop , and The War Artist. He adapted JM Coetzee’s novel Disgrace for the stage for Auckland Theatre Company. The NZ Herald said of Carl Nixon’s adaptation, that it ‘successfully distils the essence of this nuanced, multi-layered novel’. Carl lives in Christchurch, New Zealand, and has a Masters in Religious Studies from the University of Canterbury. Links. Read NZ Te Pou Muramura writer page. Penguin Random House author page. The Arts Foundation author page. Stuff interview discussing Menton, books and writing (Nov, 2017) Bobs Books Blog. I missed this excellent novel about teenagers growing up in Christchurch New Zealand in the 1980’s. It attracted my attention because I live on the coastal East side of Christchurch and I intimately know the Rocking Horse Road area of South New Brighton. It is a long beach finger, between the ocean and the estuary of the Avon and Heathcote rivers. One morning in the hot summer of 1980 the body of 16 year old Lucy Asher is found at the high tide area of South Brighton beach. She had been sexually assaulted and murdered. She is found by Pete Marshall who is a year younger than Lucy and the consequences of Lucy’s death will affect him and his mates for the rest of their lives. The police investigation into Lucy’s murder does not result in a culprit being caught so the boys(one of them narrates the story), conduct their own investigation until well into their 40’s. It dominates their lives, but will they solve the case? At the same time the 1981 Springbok Rugby Tour of New Zealand takes place, a tour that divided the country and resulted in some appalling behaviour from both sides of the argument. The boys are caught up in this as well. It is a loss of innocence story both for the teenage boys and the country. Neither will be the same again. The environment of the estuary and beach is a huge part of the appeal of this novel. If you live in New Brighton you will love it. Powerfully written by Carl Nixon. Once you start you won’t put it down. For young adult and adult readers. Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson. Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson. Pub. Katherine Tegen Books, imprint HarperCollins, 2017 . One of the most powerfully written novels for Senior students and young adults that I have ever read. It is an emotional roller coaster ride concerning events that people just don’t want to believe or face. It addresses the question of justice. Can there ever be true justice for those who are helpless to defend themselves? Mary B. Addison was 9 years old when the 6 month old baby, Alyssa, whom her mother was babysitting, was killed violently by Mary – allegedly. Too horrific to think that a child could kill another child. That’s what the justice system, the media and the populace at large thought. Get it over with, put her inside and forget about her? Throw away the key. Mary spends years in baby prison as she calls it and now on the eve of her 16th birthday she is put in a group home with other girls who are also deeply disturbed. Mary has been abused to the level where she says nothing, beaten black and blue and has no hope for herself in this world.
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