Grand by Noelle McCarthy wins the E.H. MCCORMICK AWARD FOR NON FICTION

Noelle McCarthy’s Grand won the Mātātuhi Foundation-sponsored E.H. MCCORMICK AWARD FOR NON FICTION for the best first book at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. 

The judges said, “This exquisite debut masterfully weaves together the threads of Noelle McCarthy’s life, and her relationship with her mother, in a memoir that connects with truths that unite us all. Poignant and poetic language renders scenes with honesty and colour. Intimate, but highly accessible, the fragility and turbulence of the mother-daughter relationship is at times brutally detailed. Despite this, Grand is an uplifting memoir, delicate and self-aware, and a credit to McCarthy’s generosity and literary deftness.”

For further information about the awards including more pics of Noelle to come, you can see them here: https://www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-book-awards/2023-awards/winners/