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Spring Reads with Ashburton Paper Plus

SPRING READS

With Ashburton Paper Plus

 

All That We Know

BY SHILO KINO

Meet Māreikura Pohe: she’s in love with her best friend, though he’s about to abandon her; and she’s an accidental activist, though she never asked for the spotlight. Navigating self-diagnosed ADHD and a new relationship while reclaiming her language is no easy feat. But as her platform grows, Māreikura unwittingly becomes a voice for change against the far-reaching consequences of colonisation. The question remains: at what personal cost?

 

The Glassmaker

BY TRACY CHEVALIER

It is 1486 and Venice is a wealthy, opulent center for trade. Orsola Rosso is the eldest daughter in a family of glassblowers in Murano, the island revered for the craft. As a woman, she is not meant to work with glass—but she has the hands for it, the heart, and a vision. When her father dies, she teaches herself to make beads in secret, and her work supports the Rosso family fortunes.

 

The Art Of Winning

BY DAN CARTER

A unique and inspiring deep dive into leadership, strength and resilience from one of sport’s true masters: All Black legend Dan Carter.

You might think success at the highest level insulates you from pressure and doubt.

But nothing could be further from the truth.

 

This Is Why We Lied—A Will Trent Thriller Novel

BY KARIN SLAUGHTER

Welcome to the McAlpine Lodge: a remote mountain getaway, it’s the height of escapist luxury living. Except that everyone here is lying. Lying about their past. Lying to their family. Lying to themselves. Then one night, Mercy McAlpine—until now the good daughter—threatens to expose everybody’s secrets. Just hours later, Mercy is dead. In an area this remote, it’s easy to get away with murder. But Will Trent and Sara Linton—investigator and medical examiner for the GBI—are here on their honeymoon. And now, with the killer poised to strike again, the holiday of a lifetime becomes a race against the clock...

 

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