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Islands [Paperback]

Frew, Peggy2019
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"There was a house on a hill in the city and it was full of us, our family, but then it began to empty. We fell out. We made a mess. We draped ourselves in blame and disappointment and lurched around, bumping into each other. Some of us wailed and shouted; some of us barely made a sound. None of us was listening, or paying attention. And in the middle of it all you, very quietly, were gone." Helen and John are too preoccupied with making a mess of their marriage to notice the quiet ways in which their daughters are suffering. Junie grows up brittle and defensive, Anna difficult and rebellious. When fifteen-year-old Anna fails to come home one night, her mother's not too worried; Anna's taken off before but always returned. Helen waits three days to report her disappearance. But this time Anna doesn't come back ...
Main title:
Islands [Paperback] / Peggy Frew.
Author:
Frew, Peggy, author
Imprint:
Crows Nest, New South Wales : Allen & Unwin, 2019.©2019
Collation:
309 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781760528744 (paperback)
Dewey class:
A823.4
Language:
English
BRN:
347920
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