Women & Children

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A powerful, personal novel about women, children and justice, from one of this country's most loved and clear-eyed writers.

It's 1965 and Joe Cluny is living in a working-class suburb with his mum, Marion, and sister, Ruby, spending his days trying to avoid trouble with the nuns at the local Catholic primary school. One evening his Aunty Oona appears on the doorstep, distressed and needing somewhere to stay. As his mum and aunty work out what to do, Joe comes to understand the secrets that the women in his family carry, including on their bodies. Yet their pleas for assistance are met with silence and complicity from all sides. Who will help Joe's family at their time of need?

Women & Children is a novel about the love and courage between two sisters, and a sudden loss of childhood innocence.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780702268489
Published: October 2024

Number of pages: 336
Width: 130 mm
Height: 197 mm
Depth: 25 mm

Publisher: University of Queensland Press