Letters on the go : the correspondence of Suzanne Aubert / edited & translated by Jessie Munro ; with the assistance of Bernadette Wrack.

By:

Aubert, Suzanne, 1835-1926

Contributor(s):

Publication details: Wellington, N.Z. : Bridget Williams Books, 2009.Description: xii, 635 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9781877242410 (pbk.)
1877242411 (pbk.)

Other title:

At head of cover title: Correspondence of Suzanne Aubert

Subject(s):

Summary: "The letters begin in Auckland, where the dedicated young French missionary first settled, working with Maori students, meeting her fellow countrywoman Marie Louise Outhwaite, beginning her lifetime's negotiation with bishops and clergy and her association with the Society of Mary. After her departure for Hawke's Bay, her correspondence with Auckland friends sustains her, and her skills in nursing emerge ever more clearly. The remote Whanganui River settlement of Hiruharama is the setting for her next series of letters, written as she set up a farm, set up an orphanage, and work closely with Maori. Politics both national and clerical periodically threaten, and letters to priests, bishops, health inspectors and members of parliament intersperse her day-to-day correspondence with the sisters."--Book flap.

Holdings ( 3 )
Title notes ( 3 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Main Collection	Diocese of Waiapu	255.97 AUB (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	A42372679
Main Collection	John Kinder Theological Library	BX4705.A88 AUB (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	J00920184
Main Collection	Te Rau College Gisborne	255.97 AUB (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	A40634359

"This book has been commissioned by the Daughters of Our Lady of Compassion (the Sisters of Compassion.)"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The letters begin in Auckland, where the dedicated young French missionary first settled, working with Maori students, meeting her fellow countrywoman Marie Louise Outhwaite, beginning her lifetime's negotiation with bishops and clergy and her association with the Society of Mary. After her departure for Hawke's Bay, her correspondence with Auckland friends sustains her, and her skills in nursing emerge ever more clearly. The remote Whanganui River settlement of Hiruharama is the setting for her next series of letters, written as she set up a farm, set up an orphanage, and work closely with Maori. Politics both national and clerical periodically threaten, and letters to priests, bishops, health inspectors and members of parliament intersperse her day-to-day correspondence with the sisters."--Book flap.