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Travel the world without leaving your chair. If you are into drama here are some drama books from Australia for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.

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Women and Children by Tony Birch EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Oceania / Australia flag Australia
Description:
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 ... continue