Surplus Women

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Jess is the only one in her group who hasn’t lost her virginity.
Genevieve is being held captive in a dug-out with her gymnastics nemesis
from 40 years ago. At night, Jade absorbs catcalls like Mario powering
up on mushrooms. From heaven, the Dream Team data-analyses human
destinies while worrying about their job security. As Whetu and Sia race
to the hospital in the rain, Whetu remembers another night that changed
everything.

Michelle Duff’s cast of hungry teenage
girls, top detectives who forget to buy milk, frustrated archivists,
duplicitous real estate agents, and ‘surplus women’ are all as vivid as
wafts of Impulse from a backpack in the 90s. These stories move nimbly
from realism to comic overdrive, from the outlandish to the simply true,
with characters reappearing from new angles. As they meditate on power
and patriarchy, love and bad decisions, these stories remind us of the
sweet dreams we used to have and how it feels to wake up from them.

Format: Paperback
Pages: 248
Imprint: Te Herenga Waka University Press
Publication date: 10/04/2025