RNZ - Nine to Noon
22 February 2022
Kathryn Ryan
Shelter: Douglas Lloyd Jenkins' love story in, and of, Auckland
Douglas Lloyd Jenkins is a well-known design writer and his landmark book At Home: A Century of New Zealand Design was the Montana Book Awards Non-Fiction Winner in 2004.
He was a co-author of The Dress Circle: New Zealand Fashion Design since 1940, which was shortlisted for the same prize in 2011.
Shelter is his first novel, and it's a love story spanning two decades set in Auckland, between builder Joe and the enigmatic Leo, who teaches him an appreciation for music and literature.
It's also a story of love for Auckland and its heritage, as Joe becomes a property developer determined to save the city's history from vanishing.