As the economic reforms of the mid-1980s begin to take their toll on New Zealand's most vulnerable, Gina Tully, manager of Happy World hotel-a down-and-out residential hotel filled with rascals and eccentrics-must reconcile her social conscience with her need to keep her job. Emerging from this story about the downtrodden and disadvantaged is a celebration of human resilience that reminds us of the importance of intimacy and compassion.
Author Biography
Nigel Cox was the Director Experience at Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand's national museum, and the author of Skylark Lounge, Responsibility, and Tarzan Presley.
