The Mires

The Mires is about the monsters we've created and the power we have to stop them. A truly magnificent novel -- Shankari Chandran, author of CHAI TIME AT CINNAMON GARDENS
The Mires is that rarest of creatures, a beautifully written, page turner. I couldn't put it down. Charged with urgency and imagination, Makereti's novel introduces us to a group of women whose stories are inseparably entwined with both one and other's and that of the land. This is both a timely and timeless novel. It manages to strike a much-needed hopeful note whilst simultaneously sharing some devastating truths. -- Jan Carson, author and writer
Absorbing and propulsive, The Mires is a thought-provoking exploration of climate change, belonging and survival, told through the eyes of three women in a near-future Aotearoa, New Zealand. -- Amélie Skoda, author of BETHNAL GREEN
The Mires flows with both the beauty and danger of a river, sometimes plunging the reader into cold and unpleasant truths, but navigating them with depth and wonder. This is an important book . . . Beautiful and confronting in equal measure -- Zoe Rankin, author of THE VANISHING PLACE
An ode to the push and pull, the ebb and flow of the boundaries of what we consider 'our' community, this is a beautiful, tenderly rendered braiding of the many facets of love, malevolence, and human connection. -- Jasmin Hakes, author of HULA AND THE WOMEN OF THE ROCK
The Mires is a powerhouse, both a lyrical, passionate song in defense of our endangered natural world, and a propulsive thriller I could not put down! Makereti writes fearlessly with an open heart . . . The water is rising and this story of our possible future swept me away. -- Mona Susan Power, author of A COUNCIL OF DOLLS
The Mires is a work of art. The impacts of colonisation, movement, and climate change cut to the bone in glittering prose and through characters kept close as neighbours. In The Mires, the environment speaks, culture transcends boundaries and the myriad ideas of home are bitterly defended. Only Tina Makereti could hold a reader in such tense tenderness -- Laura Jean McKay, author of GUNFLOWER
An enchanting novel: poignant, earnest and lyrical, this story will settle in your bones -- Maxine Beneba Clarke, author of THE HATE RACE
As both a writer and a refugee, this book resonates with my experiences, skilfully addressing the link between refugee lives, colonialism and climate change -- Behrouz Boochani, author of NO FRIEND BUT THE MOUNTAINS
An immersive, unnerving novel about the hatred that can rise up out of the locked, curtained rooms in our neighbourhoods, and the comfort that can be found in another's home. A story about people and the land they share. The memories stored in the water and peat. I read this book with equal measures of worry and hope -- Becky Manawatu, author of AUE
A masterclass in social realism with just a touch of magic. [...] The Mires carries a strong sense of deep time and environmental change. [It is]a powerful narrative threaded with hope that reflects the numerous dangers of our time, from climate emergencies to the rise of alt-right ideologies * Books+Publishing (New Zealand) *