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Loving Sylvie by Elizabeth Smither
36.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: very good
A sensual, witty novel that weaves together the stories of three women, beautifully written by one of our most clever wordsmiths. Sylvie rows across a lake to her wedding. Madeleine flees to Paris and works in Le Livre Bleu bookshop. Isobel is summoned to her doctor's surgery late one afternoon. Elizabe ...Show more
My American Chair by Elizabeth Smither
24.99 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry | Reading Level: near fine
White lies, hip replacements and ballet with a sawhorse. Parisian drycleaners and the brush of the grass in Central Park. In My American Chair, Elizabeth Smither leads us through serendipitous encounters, the uncanny in the ordinary, the intricacies of friendship and ruminations on mortality. Assured, i ...Show more
Night Horse by Smither Elizabeth
24.99 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry | Reading Level: Near Fine
In Elizabeth Smither's eighteenth collection of poetry her words are as vital as ever. The poems take the everyday - mothers and daughters, cats and horses, books and bowls, slippers and shirts - and transform them into something fresh: sometimes surreal, sometimes funny, often enchanted. And throughout ...Show more
The Blue Coat by Elizabeth Smither
24.99 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry | Reading Level: very good
Whimsical and tender, this poetry collection examines the commonplace and the quirky for resonance, contemplation, and verve. From an out-of-season daffodil and a chipped Limoges plate to a lipstick stain on a poem and a bee being released, it illuminates the poetry in the everyday by focusing on a sing ...Show more
The Mathematics of Jane Austen and Other Stories by Elizabeth Smither
24.95 NZD
Category: Short Stories | Reading Level: very good
This is a collection of short stories which portray a selection of women who will not be defined by the music they listen to, the men they love (and leave), or the money they have (or don't have). Elizabeth Smither is the author of a volume of journals called "The Journal Box".
The Piano Girls by Elizabeth Smither
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
Three musical sisters honour their mother with a piano recital every year in her memory. They compete with one another, practising in secret to see who can be the best. In other stories, music, food, and restaurants are themes. There is a woman who fends off a seducer by cooking up a storm; Fire Lady pr ...Show more
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