The drover's wife : the legend of Molly Johnson [Paperback]
Purcell, Leah, 1970-2019
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Click and Collect for The drover's wife : the legend of Molly Johnson [Paperback]Leah Purcell's play caused a sensation on performance and won the NSW Premier's Prize Book of the Year and now she is expanding that play and a film script to write a novel that while still 'Tarantino meets Deadwood' is also so much more. In the titular character The Drover's Wife, Purcell has created a figure who is as resonant and significant as Ned Kelly. Lawson's original short story is reimagined vividly to portray the drover's heroic wife as a righteous avenger - on behalf of herself, her children and her race - in a savage male world. Challenging responses to family violence and black white relations. A taut thriller of our pioneering past, The Drover's Wife is full of fury, power, family love and intimate friendships. And has a black sting to the tail, reaching from our nation's settled infancy into our complicated present.
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The drover's wife : the legend of Molly Johnson [Paperback] / Leah Purcell.
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Imprint:
[Melbourne, Victoria] : Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2019.©2019
Collation:
280 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780143791478 (paperback)9781761041938
Dewey class:
A823.4
Language:
English
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BRN:
362106
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Fiction - General | PURC | Available |
| Brighton Library | Adult Fiction - General | PURC | Available |
| Brighton Library | Adult Fiction - General | PURC | - (Set: 23 Feb 2022)Onloan - Due: 30 Apr 2024 |
| Hampton Library | Adult Fiction - General | PURC | Available |
| Sandringham Library | Adult Fiction - General | PURC | Available |
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