Ellie and the shadowman.

By:

Gee, Maurice. (Maurice Gough Gee), 1931- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Penguin Books, 2001.Description: pbkISBN:

0141004177
9780141004174

Subject(s):

Women painters -- New Zealand

Genre/Form:

New Zealand fiction -- 21st century.

Summary: "This is the story of Ellie Crowther, a spirited, original and forthright woman who becomes a painter of distinction. But her canvases continue to be haunted by a presence she thinks of as her shadow man. Ellie is fourteen and living with her mother at the Woburn hostels in Lower Hutt when the novel opens. There is much she doesn't understand - about mean and love and sex, especially. She begisn her journey into adulthood alert to its disappointments but also finding talents and passions - and enough love - to sustain and enrich her in unexpected ways. As the story progresses, Ellie comes to understand and eventually make peace with her shadow man."--Back cover.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Fiction	Waimate Event Centre - Long term storage	Fiction	GEE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan	Not for loan		A00288076

"This is the story of Ellie Crowther, a spirited, original and forthright woman who becomes a painter of distinction. But her canvases continue to be haunted by a presence she thinks of as her shadow man. Ellie is fourteen and living with her mother at the Woburn hostels in Lower Hutt when the novel opens. There is much she doesn't understand - about mean and love and sex, especially. She begisn her journey into adulthood alert to its disappointments but also finding talents and passions - and enough love - to sustain and enrich her in unexpected ways. As the story progresses, Ellie comes to understand and eventually make peace with her shadow man."--Back cover.

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