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This is a story that can only be told in a whisper...
In the remote outback of North-west Australia, English anthropologist Nicholas Keene and his wife Stella raise a curious child, Perdita. Her childhood is far from ordinary; 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 develops a friendship with an Aboriginal girl, Mary, with whom she will share a very special bond. She appears content with her unusual family life in this remote corner of the globe until Nicholas Keane is discovered murdered.
Through this exquisite story of a young girl's survival against the odds, Gail Jones explores the values of friendship, loyalty and sacrifice with a skill that has already earned her numerous accolades for her previous novels Dreams of Speaking and Sixty Lights.
In the remote outback of North-west Australia, English anthropologist Nicholas Keene and his wife Stella raise a curious child, Perdita. Her childhood is far from ordinary; 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 develops a friendship with an Aboriginal girl, Mary, with whom she will share a very special bond. She appears content with her unusual family life in this remote corner of the globe until Nicholas Keane is discovered murdered.
Through this exquisite story of a young girl's survival against the odds, Gail Jones explores the values of friendship, loyalty and sacrifice with a skill that has already earned her numerous accolades for her previous novels Dreams of Speaking and Sixty Lights.
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"Shards of poetry stud Jones's writing like diamonds.." (The Independent (Dreams of Speaking))
"Jones has a flair for luminous and accurate prose.. a passionate book" (Guardian (Sixty Lights))
"Finely crafted and lyrical..an impressive novel" (TLS (Sixty Lights))
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"Jones has a flair for luminous and accurate prose.. a passionate book" (Guardian (Sixty Lights))
"Finely crafted and lyrical..an impressive novel" (TLS (Sixty Lights))
The birth of a daughter in the Australian outback pushes the parents to the edges of sanity. Vivid psychological family drama, expertly crafted by the author Dreams of Speaking
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- PublisherHarvill Secker
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 184655053X
- ISBN 13 9781846550539
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