Walking in the Shadow

Quail Island, 1909. Jimmy Kokupe is the miracle man.

On a small, wind-blasted island off the east coast of New Zealand a small colony of lepers is

isolated but not abandoned, left to live out their days in relative peace thanks to the charity of

the townspeople and the compassion of the local doctor and matron of the hospital.

Jimmy Kokupe is a miracle: he's been cured. But he still carries the stigma, which makes life

back on the mainland dangerous and lonely. To find a refuge, he's returned...