July 2025 Book Club - Tu by Patricia Grace

For our July book, we are reading "Tu" by Patricia Grace.

Three brothers, one war and multiple secrets.

Tu is proud of his name: it belongs to the Maori god of war. But for the returned soldier there's a shadow over his war experience with the Maori Battalion in Italy. Three young men from the one family went to war, but only one returned – Tu is the sole survivor. Now, when his young niece and nephew come looking for answers, Tu is brought face to face with the past. What really happened to the three brothers as the Maori Battalion fought in the hills and valleys of Italy is contained in the pages of his war journal, and this he now decides to give to his niece and nephew. The time for revelations has come.

Patricia Grace has drawn on the war experiences of her father and other relatives and the result is a prize winning novel of great authenticity and drama from one of New Zealand's finest storytellers.

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