Wellington author Philippa Werry sets her latest novel immediately post the First World War, when communities were shattered by both the war years and a pandemic that killed millions around the world.
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In The Other Sister, Tilly is only 14. But she's determined to help the local men who've returned from war physically and emotionally scarred.
Photo: Collection of Hawkes Bay Museums trust, Rawharo Turangi, 18310; gifted by Mrs F Hutchinson.
Phillipa speaks to Lynn Freeman about the book.
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