In the Clear Light Author:Fiona Kidman Alone in her room in Paddy's Puzzle, an Auckland tenement, home to prostitutes and black marketeers, Clara awaits the arrival of her black lover, an American soldier. Clara was born into a world shadowed first by social and familial disruption, later by the Depression, and now by the terror of World War II. Gravely ill, Clara mus... more »t also gather the strength to face a reunion with Winnie, the staid and respectable sister who raised Clara but knows little of her present way of life .
As the sisters talk about their shared pasts, Fiona Kidman weaves a frank, compelling story full of longing and disillusionment, and ultimately, of the enduring power of love.« less