Maori Girl - Noel Hilliard

ANetta Samuel is an attractive and easy-going Maori girl who lives with her family in the North Island. A casual and disappointing affair compels her to leave home in order to avoid the threatened disgrace to her family. Plunged into the grim vortex of city life, where Maoris are at a disadvantage and lonely girls the prey to every stray and rascal, Netta only survives because of her innate honesty and simplicity. When she meets Arthur, a serious, progressive young watersider, her life seems for a time to regain its natural shape. But the cruelty and indifference of urban life infect her too and succeed in defeating even her energy and goodwill.

Heinemann, 1960. First edition hardback, 264 pages. Dust jacket.

Condition: secondhand hardback in good condition overall although some fading to top of spine. Dust jacket creased in part and has a sellotape repair to a tear.