# Once Were Warriors

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- Book: [Once Were Warriors](https://www.bookquiver.com/alan-duff/once-were-warriors) ([Once Were Warriors.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/alan-duff/once-were-warriors.md))
- Authors: [Alan Duff](https://www.bookquiver.com/alan-duff)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-00-9957-841-3
- Pages: 208
- Published: 1995-03-16
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The Hekes are a family in turmoil. A tyrannical, alcoholic, violent patriarch, an alcoholic, ever-trying-to-reform mother, and three degenerate children. Can the draw Maori ritual and tradition pull them back from the brink?