Reading Older Books: “The Grandiflora Tree” by Shonagh Koea

As mentioned on November 22, it was May 17 when I commenced this Reading Older Book series, with the promise of reporting back to you on four older books.

Today it’s the turn of the fourth and last book mentioned that day, The Grandiflora Tree by fellow NZ author, Shonagh Koea.

First published in 1989, The Grandiflora Tree was also Shonagh Koea’s first novel, although it followed a collection of short stories (1987.)

The Grandiflora Tree is very much what I think of as “personal” fiction. I def...