Notes

Sue Orr.
334 pages.
Summary: It's 1978: the Auckland abortion clinic has been forced to close and sixteen-year-old Charlie has to fly to Sydney, but the plane is delayed on the tarmac. It's 2019: Charlie's tightly contained Wellington life with her grandson Tommy is interrupted by the unexpected intrusions of Tommy's first girlfriend, Jenna, and the father he has never known, Jim. The year turns, and everything changes again... written in real time against the progress of the Covid-19 pandemic and the New Zealand General Election and euthanasia referendum.