Ordinary People Like Us

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  • ISBN 9781408773703
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 10 Sep 2026
  • Publisher: John Murray Press
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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'And here I was thinking we were just ordinary people.'

From the landscapes of the Far North, through inner-city Auckland and to London in the 1970s and 90s, Ordinary People Like Us follows five generations of Māori women through a century of profound social and cultural change.

Bird. Kaa. Annie. Lorna. Jen. Pax.
Where should we start?
What is there to know?

Some fall in love easily, while others wait half a lifetime for their person. One walks a thin line between the land of the living and the call of the void. Some listen to the ghosts of the past, and each forges their unique way in the world. Gifted with an otherworldly instinct, in their most ordinary lives, they are all extraordinary.

Expansive and intimate, exploring the bonds that endure through generations, this is a celebration of family and a powerful reminder that no matter how far we travel, it is the people who love us that keep us whole.

Kelly Ana Morey, of Ngāti Kūrī, Te Rarawa, Te Aupouri and Pākehā descent, was a critically acclaimed writer of novels, short stories, poems, essays and non-fiction. Bloom, her debut novel, won the NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction in 2004. She went on to produce four more novels. She was the recipient of the 2003 Todd Young Writers' Bursary. In 2025, she was awarded the inaugural NZSA Janet Frame Literary Award. Ordinary People Like Us is her sixth novel.

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