Tree of Strangers Religion had a hand in

Religion had a hand in the societal habits and milestones we all take for granted

With easy-to-follow maps

and with stylish illustrations by Amy van Luijk

which by themselves are a visual treat

too: of Ngāti Manuhiri and Ngāti Rehua

Tree of Strangers Religion had a hand inA compelling memoir of adoption, loss and discovery I live at the end of a gravel road at the top of a valley consumed by bush. My husband is here, and my three girls. But the bush swallows them up like the road. I wrote those words at the kitchen table in 1983. A letter to the mother Id never met. But how do you convey your life in a few sentences when almost every memory is missing? Barbara Sumner grew up in a family filled with secrets and lies. At