When Annie came to Stay
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Last published Sat, Dec 21, 2013
I remember when Annie came to stay.
Annie becomes the inspiration for a young Maori girls education and beliefs as she sails from England to New Zealand during the main migration period. Annie shows a world obvious to her ways of life the choices she made to become the woman she is and in doing so, finds love and loss central to her emotions.
'A delightful short text showing how one so young themselves can become an inspiration to another' -reviewed on tumblr
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