Riding With Whales Stories of Great Sounds Women By Heather Heberley INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR

Good paperback - crease on front cover

260 pages Other Information: illustrations Published In: New Zealand, 27 May 1999 Stories of remarkable women in the remote Sounds region about a way of life now mainly gone forever. How they cope with the impact of whaling on nearly every family, the awesome responsibility for their children's futures when the women were their only teachers and the unbelievable differences electricity eventually made to their lives. The lives of thirteen women - two Maori, eleven Pakeha - cover a large part of the 20th century. Nobody complains. Nobody dwells on her health problems. As one of them says, looking back on a life of physical danger, loneliness, huge responsibilities and sheer, unremitting hard work, "It's just the way it was." Publisher: Cape Catley ISBN: 090856175X EAN: 9780908561759 Dimensions: 21.0 x 14.0 x 1.0 centimetres