Mutuwhenua
Patricia Grace
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
3.75
· 4 ratings · 155 pages · Published: 01 Jan 1978
The novel ends with her passing the couple’s baby to her mother to be brought up in the extended family, so that the effort of what Grace has called the ‘very, very large leap’ of cross-cultural adjustment is asked of the husband, whereas ‘Most often it’s the Maori people who have to go across the gap’ (McRae interview). His love and moral quality are tested and judged in those terms: ‘I went to him confidently. He had not once failed to love.’