Hailman
Leanne Radojkovich''s writing is full of crisp, precise details, and often contains a sting. In Hailman, the follow-up to her 2017 debut First fox, the stories still have a dreamy, mythic feel, but are now rooted more firmly in the dusty suburbs and countryside of Aotearoa.

In the title story, a child builds a snowman out of ice with her mum''s friend Joyce and skirts round the edge of some adult truths. In ''Growing'', a daughter visits her mother in the nursing home and tries to bond with her over flower seeds. In ''Double Dose'', Patsy makes a Covid-y journey back to her hometown and touches on unpleasant memories of the past.

All the rest home doors have name tags. Mum’s has a typo: Irina. Although Irena isn’t her born name – only she knows what that is, and she’s never told, never discussed the war. Says she was born the day she reached Wellington harbour with papers stating she was a ten-year-old Polish orphan. Dad said not to ask about the European years, and my brother and I never did. Now they’ve both died and there’s just me and Mum, and she’s in a rest home with a mis-spelled name on her door.

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Hailman
Leanne Radojkovich''s writing is full of crisp, precise details, and often contains a sting. In Hailman, the follow-up to her 2017 debut First fox, the stories still have a dreamy, mythic feel, but are now rooted more firmly in the dusty suburbs and countryside of Aotearoa.

In the title story, a child builds a snowman out of ice with her mum''s friend Joyce and skirts round the edge of some adult truths. In ''Growing'', a daughter visits her mother in the nursing home and tries to bond with her over flower seeds. In ''Double Dose'', Patsy makes a Covid-y journey back to her hometown and touches on unpleasant memories of the past.

All the rest home doors have name tags. Mum’s has a typo: Irina. Although Irena isn’t her born name – only she knows what that is, and she’s never told, never discussed the war. Says she was born the day she reached Wellington harbour with papers stating she was a ten-year-old Polish orphan. Dad said not to ask about the European years, and my brother and I never did. Now they’ve both died and there’s just me and Mum, and she’s in a rest home with a mis-spelled name on her door.

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Hailman

Hailman

by Leanne Radojkovich
Hailman

Hailman

by Leanne Radojkovich

Overview

Leanne Radojkovich''s writing is full of crisp, precise details, and often contains a sting. In Hailman, the follow-up to her 2017 debut First fox, the stories still have a dreamy, mythic feel, but are now rooted more firmly in the dusty suburbs and countryside of Aotearoa.

In the title story, a child builds a snowman out of ice with her mum''s friend Joyce and skirts round the edge of some adult truths. In ''Growing'', a daughter visits her mother in the nursing home and tries to bond with her over flower seeds. In ''Double Dose'', Patsy makes a Covid-y journey back to her hometown and touches on unpleasant memories of the past.

All the rest home doors have name tags. Mum’s has a typo: Irina. Although Irena isn’t her born name – only she knows what that is, and she’s never told, never discussed the war. Says she was born the day she reached Wellington harbour with papers stating she was a ten-year-old Polish orphan. Dad said not to ask about the European years, and my brother and I never did. Now they’ve both died and there’s just me and Mum, and she’s in a rest home with a mis-spelled name on her door.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781912915705
Publisher: The Emma Press
Publication date: 05/14/2021
Series: The Emma Press Prose Pamphlets
Pages: 97
Product dimensions: 11.30(w) x 8.07(h) x 0.47(d)
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