The Godwits Fly

"Patrick Sandbrook's introduction brings fresh insight into the composition of Hyde's most famous novel. From 1934 when she first drafted an autobiography for her doctor as part of her recovery from a breakdown through to final typing of the novel in a shack on the upper reaches of Whangaroa Harbour in the summer of 1937, Sandbrook traces Hyde's determination to resolve the conflicting demands of truth and fiction. Letters and manuscripts show us for the first time a clear picture of the writer at work on the fascinating hybrid which is The Godwits Fly, truly an autobiographical novel."--BOOK JACKET.