Thalia Henry

Set amidst the physical and psychological landscapes of New Zealand's southern hills and grasslands, Beneath Pale Water is a social realist and expressionistic novel that follows a triangle of three damaged individuals—a sculptor, a vagrant, and a model—who have grown calcified shells against the world. Their search for identity and belonging leads them into dangerous territory that threatens both their...

Find me here where the sea meets the land Where the rocks are black and so is the sand On the wild west coast of Aotearoa, twelve-year-old Ned lives with his mother in a bach above Te Henga's black sand beach. He is thoughtful and observant, the sort of boy who knows that too much in his life is unexplained....