{"id":2780,"date":"2021-06-24T00:37:08","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T00:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tahneyalexandramay.com\/?p=2780"},"modified":"2022-11-29T06:50:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T06:50:04","slug":"cousins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahneyalexandramay.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/24\/cousins\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Book Review | &#8216;Cousins&#8217; has it&#8217;s heart in its throat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2780\" class=\"elementor elementor-2780\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c834931 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c834931\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e69c191\" data-id=\"e69c191\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1578df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d1578df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 style=\"font-family: Monda, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 20px;\"><a style=\"color: #555555; cursor: url(&#039;img\/pandita-pointer.png&#039;), auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.australianbookreview.com.au\/arts-update\/101-arts-update\/7970-cousins-a-stirring-adaptation-of-patricia-grace-s-novel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aesthetically satisfying, sometimes cold,\u00a0<em>Cousins<\/em>\u00a0enchants rather than shocks its audience, despite its traumatic premise. Bodies move slowly; sound concentrates on pulsating wind, breaths, and sobs, like omnipresent thoughts more potent than the spoken word. Childhood scenes carry the warmth of core memories; the present day broods with muted colours. The family land has a greater sense of place than nameless dull towns and cities. 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href=\"https:\/\/www.australianbookreview.com.au\/arts-update\/101-arts-update\/7970-cousins-a-stirring-adaptation-of-patricia-grace-s-novel\" data-iframely-url=\"\/\/cdn.iframe.ly\/PdXjVot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.iframe.ly\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2cbb137 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2cbb137\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-06189a2\" data-id=\"06189a2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div 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target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australian Book Review<\/a> (June 2021).&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cousins, a new release from New Zealand, has its heart in its throat, harmonising a driftless protagonist with the enduring love of her whanau (M\u0101ori for extended 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