The prize-winning, passionate and uncompromising sequel to the blistering classic novel, Once Were Warriors
'She always came the following day for a second visit on this yearly remembering; in fact, Polly Heke came several times a year and had done for the last two, from when she herself hit the same age as Grace'd been when she, uh, when she killed herself.'
The searing power of Alan Duff's masterpiece Once Were Warriors rocked a nation and was acclaimed around the world. What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? is the challenging, poetic sequel, taking up the story of the Heke family six years after Grace's suicide.
The novel won the Montana New Zealand Book Award for Fiction and was made into a film.
It is six years since Jake's daughter Grace hanged herself. Jake's wife, Beth, has left him, his son Nig was killed in a gangland fight - his only consolations are drink and his memories. His daughter Polly is determined to escape the violence that is destroying the Maoris. But can Jake, too, redeem himself?
Please note this copy has some creases on the covers and some light scuffs on the edges on the covers.
ISBN: 9781869413101
Size: Trade Paperback, 216 pages
Publisher: Random House
Year: 1996