Bill & Shirley ’ — Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr

’ — Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr

by Catherine Griffiths

it lays us out as if for an autopsy

The chapters dig deep and are discursive

The place each has in the patchwork of the narrative creates a vivid overall view of the people of this place and the unique histories they have made together

Bill & Shirley ’ — Hoturoa Barclay-KerrAn exemplary memoir examining the complex, remarkable lives of two very famous New Zealanders Bill Sutch and Shirley Smith were two of New Zealands most significant twentieth century figures: Sutch as an economist, influential civil servant, and inspirational proponent of innovation in the fields of social and economic development; and Smith as a glass ceiling breaker and sole practitioner in the formerly male dominated world of the law. This wise,