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2025 Nominated

At the Grand Glacier Hotel

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

Following a disastrous family holiday, Libby and Curtis make a promise: If they ever visit the West Coast of the South Island again, it will be to stay at the majestic Grand Glacier Hotel. Twenty years later, Libby is recovering from cancer and the couple finally return to the resort. Except the glacier has retreated, nothing goes to plan, and after a storm separates her from Curtis, Libby finds herself alone in the isolated hotel. Disappointed, she tentatively begins to explore her surroundings. Could the inaccessible hotel and its curious collection of staff and guests hold the key to Libby reconnecting with the person she once was?

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Laurence
Fearnley

Laurence Fearnley is an award-winning novelist. Her novel The Hut Builder won the fiction category of the 2011 NZ Post Book Awards. In 2014 her novel Reach was longlisted for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Her second novel, Room, was shortlisted for the 2001 Montana New Zealand Book Awards. In 2004 Fearnley was awarded the Artists to Antarctica Fellowship and in 2007 the Robert Burns Fellowship at the University of Otago. In 2016 she won the NZSA/ Janet Frame Memorial Award. She was named a New Zealand Arts Foundation Laureate in 2019. She lives in Dunedin.

Laurence Fearnley is an award-winning novelist. Her novel The Hut Builder won the fiction category of the 2011 NZ Post Book Awards. In 2014 her novel Reach was longlisted for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Her second novel, Room, was shortlisted for the 2001 Montana New Zealand Book Awards. In 2004 Fearnley was awarded the Artists to Antarctica Fellowship and in 2007 the Robert Burns Fellowship at the University of Otago. In 2016 she won the NZSA/ Janet Frame Memorial Award. She was named a New Zealand Arts Foundation Laureate in 2019. She lives in Dunedin.

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NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS

This book was written by one of New Zealand’s most respected authors. Laurence Fearnley has won numerous awards for her writing and the book itself has been number 1 on the bestsellers list for weeks

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Date published
04/06/2024
Country
New Zealand
Original Language
English
Publisher
Penguin Random House New Zealand
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