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Venue: RIVER-T Winery, 5292A Kurow-Duntroon Road Meet the author. A moving, funny and thought-provoking novel. Nate, a grieving widower, is determined to honour his late wife and find a way to have the child they were desperate to raise together. After various attempts to identify a suitable surrogate come to nothing, Nate is compelled to try something radical. He travels to London to take part in a groundbreaking medical trial. As things progress, he becomes caught in the complex hinge of three powerful desires: his loyalty to his late wife, a primal urge to be a father, and his knee-weakening attraction to Sadie, who has her own reasons to resist starting a family. Emma Neale is the author of seven novels, seven collections of poetry, and a collection of short stories. She has received several literary fellowships, residencies and awards. Her seventh poetry collection, Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit (Dunedin: Otago University Press, 2024) won the Mary and Peter Biggs Poetry Prize at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Price includes River T platter & glass of wine.