What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? (novel)

What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? is a 1996 novel by Alan Duff.[1] It is the sequel to Duff's novel Once Were Warriors (1990),[1][2] which was made into a film in 1994.

For the song, see What Becomes of the Brokenhearted. For the film, see What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? (film).
What Becomes of The Broken Hearted?
Cover of Vintage paperback, 1998
AuthorAlan Duff
CountryNew Zealand
LanguageEnglish
SeriesOnce Were Warriors Trilogy
GenreNovel
PublisherVintage
Publication date
1996
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages253 pp
ISBN0-09-183420-1
OCLC36296335
Preceded byOnce Were Warriors 
Followed byJake's Long Shadow 

Jake begins the book alone after the first book except for a younger street kid who helped him at his lowest point at the end of the previous book. Estranged from his family, Jake and slowly, accidentally becomes more responsible and mature. Jake befriends a large family group of rugby-playing, pig-hunting Maoris, contrasting with his son's entry into a gang of welfare pooling petty criminals.

The novel was adapted as the movie What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? in 1999.[3]

What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? was followed by the third novel in the Once Were Warriors trilogy, Jake's Long Shadow (2002).[1]

References
  1. "New Zealand Writers, DUFF, Alan". www.bookcouncil.org.nz New Zealand Book Council. Retrieved 2009-03-23.
  2. "What becomes of the broken hearted? / Alan Duff". catalogue.nla.gov.au National Library of Australia. Retrieved 2009-03-23.
  3. David Stratton (31 May 1999). "Review: 'What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?'". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 19 January 2016.


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