About the book
Te Motu Kairangi Miramar Peninsula, Wellington 1912.
Doctor Matti Loverock spends her days and nights bringing babies into the world, which means her daughters—seven-year-old triplets Ada, Oona and Hanna—have grown up at Wonderland, the once-thriving amusement park owned by their father, Charlie. Then a grieving woman arrives to stay from the other side of the world, in pain and incognito, fleeing scandal. She ignites the triplets’ curiosity and brings work for Matti, diverting them all from what is really happening at Wonderland. In a bold reimagining, Marie Curie—famous for her work on radioactivity—comes to Aotearoa and discovers both solace and wonder.
‘Passionate, beautifully constructed, sorrowful and yet immensely hopeful.’—Fiona Kidman
‘Mesmerising. A book that leaves you filled with wonder, and deeply moved. I loved it.’—Gigi Fenster
SHORTLISTED – JANN MEDLICOTT ACORN PRIZE FOR FICTION 2026
NEW ZEALAND LISTENER TOP 100 BOOKS OF 2025
WINNER OF THE NZSA LAURA SOLOMON CUBA PRESS PRIZE 2024
