Read Series: Once Were Warriors Trilogy
by Author Alan Duff
Jake's Long Shadow (2002)
The millennium has changed but have the Hekes? Where are they now, Beth, Jake, and what of their other children? Son Abe who has rejected violence but violence finds him. Polly, as beautiful as her sister Grace, who committed suicide; is that a Heke running with the wealthy polo-playing set and g...
Once Were Warriors (1995)
This started out a book review, but it's also a bit of a personal essay, and it's not all pretty. And this is really long, consider yourselves warned :)I thought about doing the 30 day book challenge, but there's always this one question in those kinds of things that make me pause. This time it w...
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? (1997)
The raw and powerful sequel to Once Were Warriors.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 tha...