Book description
The passionate, uncompromising sequel to the blistering classic novel,
Once Were Warriors. 'The grass d been cleared away yesterday by her
mother when they visited on the sixth anniversary of her death, Beth and
what remained of her family; so the nameplate was clear even if the
painted indentation of name, date of birth and date of death was almost
bled of its white by the sun, the elements that Polly could never stop
wondering if her sister could still feel, specially the rain getting in
through the lid that must now be, like, rotted in or why that slump in
the earth? She always came the following day for a visit on this yearly
remembering; in fact Polly Heke came several times a year and done for
the last two, from when she herself hit the same age as Grace d been
when she, uh, when she like killed herself.' The searing, blistering
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 passionate and uncompromising sequel, which takes up the story of
the Heke family six years after Grace s suicide. Alan Duff was born
in Rotorua in 1950. He has written novels, including Once Were Warriors,
One Night out Stealing, What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?, Both Sides
of the Moon, Szabad, Jake's Long Shadow, Dreamboat Dad and Who Sings for
Lu?, a novella (State Ward), several children's books and a nummber of
non-fiction works. Once Were Warriors won the Pen Best First Book for
Fiction Award and along with What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? was
made into an internationally acclaimed film.
