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Strays

Bitto Emily

9781922626769

BOOK DETAILS

Price: $19.99
Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781922626769
Published: September 2021

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In The Strays, Evan Trentham is the wild child of the Melbourne art world of the 1930s. He and his captivating wife, Helena, attempt to carve out their own small niche, to escape the stifling conservatism they see around them, by gathering together other like-minded artists. They create a utopian circle within their family home, offering these young artists a place to live and work, and the mixed benefits of being associated with the infamous Evan.

At the periphery of this circle is Lily Struthers, the best friend of Evan and Helena's daughter Eva. Lily is infatuated by the world she bears witness to, and longs to be part of this enthralling makeshift family.

As Lily observes years later, looking back on events that she still carries painfully within her, the story of this groundbreaking circle involved the same themes as Evan Trentham's art: Faustian bargains and terrible recompense; spectacular fortunes and falls from grace. Yet it was not Evan, nor the other artists he gathered around him, but his own daughters, who paid the debt that was owing.

The Strays is an engrossing story of ambition, sacrifice and compromised loyalties from an exciting talent.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781922626769
Published: September 2021

Number of pages: 336
Width: 130 mm
Height: 198 mm
Depth: 28 mm

Publisher: Affirm Press

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