A powerful collection of stories shortlisted for the Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Award.

These are short stories about ordinary folk leading seemingly ordinary lives. The power of community, extended family and culture are central to all.

Thirteen stories in which the joys of discovery are tempered by the knowledge of a harder, colder world. Sunlight, childhood and nature set against conflict and misunderstanding, in the ever-present shadows of the spirit of the land.