Bücher von Deborah Maree

Goonzies stand tall as only a Goonzie can, for their thirty centimetre height. Meet Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet, their young'uns and the animals too. Hear about their antics especially during the Weekly Goonzie Sporting Event where the Goonzies compete against the animals in Leap-Goonzie-Leap and more. What does Indigo find in the Cove? And what is the new water Indigo is drinking? Find out about Indigo's escapades during his sugar rush. Much fun is to be had and lessons to be learnt with The Goonzies on Turvy Topsy Goonzie Land…

Tara has always devoted her life to her boys and in return, without realising, has alienated herself from those around her. Tara's husband, Jim, is a successful sheep farmer but he has become uncommunicative and emotionally removed from his family. James, their eldest child has withdrawn from everyone, including his mother, and has been strangely quiet. Talkative Bobby, with his big smiling eyes, talks of his many friends and of conversations with his unborn sibling. Together, they live on a farm in the small town of Karitane, New Zealand - approximately half an hour north of Dunedin. Then there is Carl, a widower, whose friendship with Tara quickly turns into something more.Tara finds out she is pregnant. Who will she choose? Who is the baby's father? And what happens on Puketeraki Beach on that sunny September afternoon that will change all of their lives forever?This novel is about communication and lack of, past choices that have influenced the present, and how choosing to live, rather than survive can change the future.