$30.40
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2025
Summary
Winner of the 2024 Penguin Literary Prize
“Assured, deft, sophisticated. Chloe Adams is the real deal.” - EMILY BITTO
“Breathtaking.” - SALLY HEPWORTH
In the autumn of 1949, two women convene in the parlour of a Melbourne hotel. Tess is married and childless. Mary, unwed and pregnant. Surrendering to the unimaginable, Mary agrees to a life-altering pact- she will give her child to Tess.
One year earlier, Mary stands on the deck of an Australian naval ship, awai…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761351426 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1761351427 |
| Author: | Chloe Adams |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2025 |
| Weight: | 392g |
| Dimensions: | 233mm x 154mm x 23mm |
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About The Author
Chloe Adams
Chloe Adams is the winner of the 2024 Penguin Literary Prize. She is a journalist and fiction writer and has been published widely by Australian news mastheads and literary journals. She holds a master’s degree in creative writing and a graduate certificate of international and community development. Her love of literature was shaped by her mother, an actress, playwright and passionate second-hand bookstore owner. Chloe has lived in the UK, Timor Leste and Adelaide, and now calls Naarm/Melbourne home.
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