Elizabeth Knox's Trilogy: Paremata, Pomare and Tawa

Some years ago I 'discovered' Elizabeth Knox as a New Zealand author, and have read pretty much everything she has written. However, there are three novels which have really lived in my memory since reading them: Paremata, Pomare and Tawa. These three short books - novellas, really - tell the story of the main character's adolescence and womanhood near 1960s Wellington.

Elements of these stories resonate with me because they felt like my experience. It gave a voice to my own experiences which had not truly had coherence until Elizabeth Knox manifested it.

If you have not yet read these books, investigate your local library. They are refreshing, eye-opening and enlightening.

Sam