Reviews
‘Dunsford takes us on flights of imagination - gazing at the star filled pacific sky from a hammock on the deck of Manawa Toa as the boat slowly ploughs her way through the vast ocean. But in her blending of the natural and spirit worlds, she never lets us forget the plight of those who “have signed treaties in good faith and been used as military or economic targets in return”.’
–Meriel Watts
‘Manawa Toa catapults the reader into global awareness with passion and grace.’
–Carolyn Ogburn, Girlfriends
‘The novel is suffused with Maori culture, women’s culture and a passion for the beauty of Aotearoa, the land and sea.’
–Sue Pierce, Lesbian Review of Books, USA