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This is a story that can only be told in a whisper ...
In the remote outback of Western Australia during the Second World War, English
anthropologist Nicholas Keene and his wife, Stella, raise a lonely child,
Perdita. Her upbringing is far from ordinary: in a shack in the wilderness, with
a distant father burying himself in books and an unstable mother whose knowledge
of Shakespeare forms the backbone of the girl's limited education.
Emotionally adrift, Perdita becomes friends with a deaf and mute boy, Billy, and
an Aboriginal girl, Mary. Perdita and Mary come to call one another sister and
to share a very special bond. They are content with life in this remote corner
of the globe, until a terrible event lays waste to their lives.
Through this exquisite story of Perdita's troubled childhood, Gail Jones
explores the values of friendship, loyalty and sacrifice with a brilliance that
has already earned her numerous accolades for her previous novels, Dreams of
Speaking a...
Main title:
Sorry [electronic resource] / Gail Jones
Author:
Gail Jones, Author
Imprint:
Sydney Australia : Random House Australia, 2014
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (224 pages)
Audience:
General / adult
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781742749877
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
522105
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |