A House Built on Sand

Tina Shaw

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Text Publishing Company
01 August 2024

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Thriller & suspense

Winner of the 2023 Gifkins Prize, A House Built on Sand is the vivid and gripping story of a mother-daughter relationship and the secrets that threaten to shatter their world

Maxine has been losing things lately. Her car in the shopping centre carpark. Important work files-and her job as a result. Her marbles? 'Mild cognitive impairment', according to the doctor. Time for a nursing home, according to her daughter, Rose.

Rose has her own troubles with memory- a recurring vision of a locked cupboard, claustrophobic panic. Something in the shadows. Something to do with the old family house in Kutarere.

Back in that house by the beach, Maxine and Rose try to find their bearings. But they can't move forward without dealing with the past-and the past has a few more surprises in store.

Full of suspense and heartbreak, A House Built on Sand is a haunting novel about family secrets, the hazards of memory and ghosts that linger.

By: Tina Shaw
Imprint: Text Publishing Company
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 232mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 420g
ISBN: 9781922790903
ISBN 10: 1922790907
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 01 August 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tina Shaw is the author of novels for adults and younger reader. She is a former recipient of the Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship and the Creative New Zealand Berlin Writers' Residency, and was previously Writer in Residence at the University of Waikato. She lives in Taupo, Aotearoa New Zealand.