I Am Not Esther
| Title | I Am Not Esther |
| Year for Search | 1998 |
| Authors | Beale, Fleur(b. 1945) |
| Date Published | 1998 |
| Publisher | Longacre Press |
| Place Published | Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Keywords | Aotearoa New Zealand author, Female author |
| Annotation | Young adult dystopia set in a communal fundamentalist sect. The title refers to the practice of changing the names of members who join to Biblical names. |
| Info Notes | The author later wrote non-fiction about the Gloriavale community; see her Sins of the Father: The Long Shadow of a Religious Cult. A New Zealand Story. Dunedin, New Zealand: Longacre Press, 2009. |
| Author Note | Aotearoa/New Zealand female author (b. 1945) |
| Full Text | 1998 Beale, Fleur (b. 1945). I Am Not Esther. Dunedin, New Zealand: Longacre Press. L Young adult dystopia set in a communal fundamentalist sect. The title refers to the practice of changing the names of members who join to Biblical names. The Aotearoa/New Zealand female author later wrote non-fiction about the Gloriavale community; see her Sins of the Father: The Long Shadow of a Religious Cult. A New Zealand Story. Dunedin, New Zealand: Longacre Press, 2009. |
