In Our Own Back Yard - Anne Kayes
In Our Own Back Yard - Anne Kayes
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In Our Own Back Yard - Anne Kayes

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It’s March 2020 and Liza, her husband and two teenage children are at home in Auckland in level-four lockdown due to Covid-19. Reflections with her family around the dining table inspire Liza to reflect on another challenging time in history ― nearly forty years before ― when the South African Springbok rugby team toured New Zealand.Casting her memory back to 1981, Liza recalls her life as a fifteen-year-old, including her first love, friendships, first-hand experiences of racism, and what it means ― and what it costs ― to find your voice and use it.

In Our Own Backyard is a startling, confronting portrait of a society divided. Anne Kayes has written a masterful YA novel that considers questions of human equality that are as pertinent in the twenty-first century as they were in 1981.‘Anne Kayes’ book addresses significant turning points in New Zealand history ― the 1981 Springbok rugby tour and the pandemic which impacted on us in 2020. In order to continue moving forward as a society, we must learn from these experiences.’― Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1999–2008‘This impressive novel shows the 1981 Springbok Tour was not just a battle against Apartheid but one which exposed deep-seated racism within New Zealand itself. The novel reveals these issues in the interactions between its teenage characters as they navigate their relationships against a backdrop of anti-tour protests. It’s hard not to wince at the day-to-day reality of race-hatred experienced by Maori and Pasifika and their families.


Please note this copy has light scuffs on the edges of the covers and the previous owner neatly clipped their name from the inside page

ISBN: 9781988538747

Size: Paperback, 290 pages

Publisher:  Bateman Books

Published: 2021